Sequence analysis of the RNA polymerase gene of African horse sickness virus

Archives of Virology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 413-419

  Vreede, F T ^a   Huismans, H ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; CLONED GENE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; RNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS RNA;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0031918664     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050298     Document Type: Article

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