A virus-encoded RNA polymerase purified from baculovirus-infected cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 7985-7991

  Guarino, Linda A ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Jin, Jianping ^a   Dong, Wen ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACULOVIRUS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PURIFICATION;

EID: 0031717604     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.10.7985-7991.1998     Document Type: Article

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