Identification of a region in the Sindbis virus nucleocapsid protein that is involved in specificity of RNA encapsidation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2757-2763

  Owen, Katherine E ^a   Kuhn, Richard J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ENCAPSULATION; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

EID: 0029876709     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.5.2757-2763.1996     Document Type: Article

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