In vitro model for the nuclear transport of the hepadnavirus genome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1310-1316

  Kann, Michael ^a   Bischof, Andreas ^a   Gerlich, Wolfram H ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA VIRUS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031017060     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.2.1310-1316.1997     Document Type: Article

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