Location, DNA sequence and transcriptional analysis of the DNA polymerase gene of orf virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1563-1568

  Mercer, Andrew A ^a   Green, Gaynor ^b   Sullivan, John T ^a   Robinson, Anthony J ^a,d   Drillien, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0029948091     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-7-1563     Document Type: Article

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