The vaccinia virus H5R gene encodes late gene transcription factor 4: Purification, cloning, and overexpression

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 6796-6802

  Kovacs, Gerald R ^a   Moss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELA CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0029840774     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.10.6796-6802.1996     Document Type: Article

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