Sequence flexibility in the polytropic env gp70-derived region of the membrane glycoprotein (gp55) of Friend spleen focus-forming virus affects its biological activity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 2272-2279

  Yugawa, Takashi ^a   Amanuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SPLEEN FOCUS FORMING VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0031887239     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.3.2272-2279.1998     Document Type: Article

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