An Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus lef-2 mutant: Consequences for DNA replication and very late gene expression

Virology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 338-348

  Merrington, Claire L ^a,b   Kitts, Paul A ^c   King, Linda A ^b   Possee, Robert D ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CLONTECH Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0029912201     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0121     Document Type: Article

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