Recombination in alphaviruses

Seminars in Virology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-94

  Strauss, James H ^a   Strauss, Ellen G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA VIRUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ALPHAVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031442136     PISSN: 10445773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smvy.1997.0115     Document Type: Article

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