Analysis of a recombinant mouse hepatitis virus expressing a foreign gene reveals a novel aspect of coronavirus transcription

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 5148-5160

  Fischer, Françoise ^a   Stegen, Carola F ^a   Koetzner, Cheri A ^b   Masters, Paul S ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031010131     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.7.5148-5160.1997     Document Type: Article

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