RNA-RNA recombination in Sindbis virus: Roles of the 3' conserved motif, poly(A) tail, and nonviral sequences of template RNAs in polymerase recognition and template switching

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2693-2704

  Hill, Kristie R ^a   Hajjou, Mustapha ^a   Hu, Judy Y ^a   Raju, Ramaswamy ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RECOMBINANT RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030933213     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.2693-2704.1997     Document Type: Article

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