Attenuation of influenza a virus mRNA levels by promoter mutations

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 6283-6290

  Fodor, Ervin ^a,c   Palese, Peter ^a   Brownlee, George G ^b   García Sastre, Adolfo ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031902988     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.8.6283-6290.1998     Document Type: Article

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