Internal ribosome entry sites within the RNA genomes of hepatitis C virus and other flaviviruses

Seminars in Virology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-288

  Lemon, Stanley M ^a   Honda, Masao ^b  

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

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IRES; Ribosome; RNA structure; Translation; Virus classification

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031418466     PISSN: 10445773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smvy.1997.0129     Document Type: Article

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