Mutational analysis of the RNA-fork model of the influenza A virus vRNA promoter in vivo

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-357

  Kim, Hee Jeong ^a   Fodor, Ervin ^b,c   Brownlee, George G ^b   Seong, Baik L ^a  

^a Hanhyo Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

FELIS CATUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS;

EID: 0031029225     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-2-353     Document Type: Article

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