A novel type of defective viral genome suggests a unique strategy to establish and maintain persistent lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus infections

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 6757-6764

  Meyer, Barbara J ^a,b   Southern, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030761466     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.6757-6764.1997     Document Type: Article

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