Identification of mutations in a Sindbis virus able to establish persistent infection in BHK cells. The importance of a mutation in the nsP2 gene

Virology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-83

  Dryga, Sergey A ^a   Dryga, Olga A ^a   Schlesinger, Sondra ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; RNA VIRUSES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031550546     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.8364     Document Type: Article

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