Characterization of the spliced pol transcript of feline foamy virus: The splice acceptor site of the pol transcript is located in gag of foamy viruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 9024-9027

  Bodem, Jochen ^a   Löchelt, Martin ^a   Winkler, Ingrid ^b   Flower, Robert P ^b   Delius, Hajo ^a   Flügel, Rolf M ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; KIDNEY CELL; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0029909644     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.9024-9027.1996     Document Type: Article

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