Construction of recombinant myxoma viruses expressing foreign genes from different intergenic sites without associated attenuation

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1569-1575

  Jackson, Ronald J ^a   Hall, Diana F ^a   Kerr, Peter J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYADENYLATION; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030011043     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-7-1569     Document Type: Article

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