A new vaccinia virus intermediate transcription factor

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 6880-6883

  Sanz, Patrick ^a   Moss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031878766     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.8.6880-6883.1998     Document Type: Article

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