Sindbis virus replicons and sindbis virus: Assembly of chimeras and of particles deficient in virus RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2819-2829

  Frolov, Ilya ^a   Frolova, Elena ^a   Schlesinger, Sondra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DEFECTIVE VIRUS; ENHANCER REGION; HELPER VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0030941093     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.2819-2829.1997     Document Type: Article

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