Characterization of an autonomous subgenomic pestivirus RNA replicon

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 2364-2372

  Behrens, Sven Erik ^a   Grassmann, Claus W ^a   Thiel, Heinz Jürgen ^a   Meyers, Gregor ^b   Tautz, Norbert ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PESTIVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPLICON; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031888265     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.3.2364-2372.1998     Document Type: Article

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