Sequence variation in 5′ termini of rubella virus genomes: Changes affecting structure of the 5′ proximal stem-loop

Archives of Virology

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2471-2477

  Johnstone, P ^a,c   Whitby, J E ^a,c   Bosma, T ^b   Best, J M ^b   Sanders, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERO CELL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SERINE; THREONINE; VARIATION (GENETICS); VERO CELLS;

EID: 0030470839     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01718645     Document Type: Article

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