Three of the four nucleocapsid proteins of Marburg virus, NP, VP35, and L, are sufficient to mediate replication and transcription of Marburg virus- specific monocistronic minigenomes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 8756-8764

  Mühlberger, Elke ^a   Lötfering, Beate ^a   Klenk, Hans Dieter ^a   Becker, Stephan ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN L; PROTEIN NP; PROTEIN VP 35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILOVIRIDAE; MARBURG VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERO CELL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031657064     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.11.8756-8764.1998     Document Type: Article

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