Polyadenylation of vesicular stomatitis virus mRNA dictates efficient transcription termination at the intercistronic gene junctions

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1805-1813

  Hwang, Leroy N ^a   Englund, Nathan ^a   Pattnaik, Asit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031910809     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.3.1805-1813.1998     Document Type: Article

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