The length and sequence composition of vesicular stomatitis virus intergenic regions affect mRNA levels and the site of transcript initiation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 5565-5572

  Stillman, Elizabeth A ^a   Whitt, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031746908     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.7.5565-5572.1998     Document Type: Article

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