Studies on rabies virus RNA polymerase: 1. cDNA cloning of the catalytic subunit (L protein) of avirulent HEP-Flury strain and its expression in animal cells

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 485-496

  Morimoto, Kinjiro ^a,b   Akamine, Takayuki ^a   Takamatsu, Fumihiko ^a   Kawai, Akihiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic subunit of RNA polymerase; cDNA cloning; Gene expression; Intracellular localization; L protein; L nucleocapsid interaction; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; RABIES VIRUS; RNA SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABIES VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031904572     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1998.tb02314.x     Document Type: Article

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