Recombinational history and molecular evolution of western equine encephalomyelitis complex alphaviruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 613-623

  Weaver, Scott C ^a   Kang, Wenli ^a   Shirako, Yukio ^b,c   Rümenapf, Tillman ^b,d   Strauss, Ellen G ^b   Strauss, James H ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS ALPHAVIRUS;

EID: 0031060163     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.613-623.1997     Document Type: Article

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