Sindbis virus RNA-negative mutants that fail to convert from minus-strand to plus-strand synthesis: Role of the nsP2 protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2706-2719

  De, Indra ^a,b   Sawicki, Stanley G ^a   Sawicki, Dorothea L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SINDBIS VIRUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS MUTATION;

EID: 0029881285     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.5.2706-2719.1996     Document Type: Article

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