Nonhomologous RNA-RNA recombination events at the 3' nontranslated region of the Sindbis virus genome: Hot spots and utilization of nonviral sequences

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 5153-5164

  Hajjou, Mustapha ^a   Hill, Kristie R ^a   Subramaniam, S V ^a   Hu, Judy Y ^a   Raju, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0029946792     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5153-5164.1996     Document Type: Article

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