Encapsidation of the flavivirus Kunjin replicon RNA by using a complementation system providing Kunjin virus structural proteins in trans

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 5967-5977

  Khromykh, Alexander A ^a   Varnavski, Andrei N ^a   Westaway, Edwin G ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; REPLICON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0031798576     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.7.5967-5977.1998     Document Type: Article

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