Structure of L-A virus: A specialized compartment for the transcription and replication of double-stranded RNA

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 975-985

  Castón, José R ^a,d   Trus, Benes L ^a   Booy, Frank P ^a   Wickner, Reed B ^b   Wall, Joseph S ^c   Steven, Alasdair C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GAG PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA VIRUS; SACCHAROMYCES CARLSBERGENSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CAPSID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, VIRAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE VIRUS L-A (L1); SACCHAROMYCES PASTORIANUS;

EID: 0030924019     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.5.975     Document Type: Article

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