Striking conformational similarities between the transcription promoters of thogoto and influenza A viruses: Evidence for intrastrand base pairing in the 5' promoter arm

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 8352-8356

  Leahy, Michael B ^a   Dessens, Johannes T ^a   Nuttall, Patricia A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030843489     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8352-8356.1997     Document Type: Article

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