Mutation of vaccinia virus gene G2R causes suppression of gene A18R ts mutants: Implications for control of transcription

Virology

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 10-19

  Condit, Richard C ^a   Xiang, Ying ^a   Lewis, Jackie I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REPRESSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALIA; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0029982580     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0280     Document Type: Article

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