Inhibition of the influenza virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase by antisera directed against the carboxy-terminal region of the PB2 subunit

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1025-1033

  Blok, Vivian ^a,c   Cianci, Christopher ^b   Tibbles, Kefford W ^a   Inglis, Stephen C ^a,d   Krystal, Mark ^b   Digard, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Cantab Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLOBIN MESSENGER RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HOST CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRION;

EID: 0029968771     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-5-1025     Document Type: Article

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