The origin and evolution of Ebola and Marburg viruses

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 800-806

  Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a,b   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Divergence time; Ebola virus; Marburg virus; Purifying selection; Substitution pattern; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EBOLA VIRUS; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MARBURG VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION;

EBOLA VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS;

EID: 0030877537     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025820     Document Type: Article

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