Recombinant dengue type 1 virus NS5 protein expressed in Escherichia coli exhibits RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity

Virology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 317-325

  Tan, Boon Huan ^a   Fu, Janlin ^b   Sugrue, Richard J ^b   Yap, Eu Hian ^a   Chan, Yow Cheong ^a,b   Tan, Y H ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

DENGUE VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029863798     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0067     Document Type: Article

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