Packaging Signals in Alohaviruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 248-258

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

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANIMALS; CAPSID; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; HELPER VIRUSES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REPLICON; RNA, VIRAL; ROSS RIVER VIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0031060528     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.248-258.1997     Document Type: Article

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