Mutational analysis identifies functional domains in the influenza A virus PB2 polymerase subunit

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1678-1686

  Perales, Beatriz ^a   De La Luna, Susana ^a,b   Palacios, Isabel ^a,c   Ortín, Juan ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL STRAIN COS1; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030029921     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.3.1678-1686.1996     Document Type: Article

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