Mutations in the nonconserved noncoding sequences of the influenza A virus segments affect viral vRNA formation

Virus Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Bergmann, Michael ^a   Muster, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Influenza A virus; Promoter; Replication

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (A/WSN/33); INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 0030246947     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1702(96)01335-4     Document Type: Article

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