In vitro polymerase activity of Thogoto virus: Evidence for a unique cap-snatching mechanism in a tick-borne orthomyxovirus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 8347-8351

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

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030879809     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8347-8351.1997     Document Type: Article

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