A role for two hairpin structures as a core RNA encapsidation signal in murine leukemia virus virions

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 8061-8065

  Mougel, Marylene ^a,b   Barklis, Eric ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS TJMR 5535   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GAG PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0030756546     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.8061-8065.1997     Document Type: Article

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