Deletion analysis of a defective interfering Semliki Forest virus RNA genome defines a region in the nsP2 sequence that is required for efficient packaging of the genome into virus particles

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 4320-4326

  White, Christine L ^a,b   Thomson, Michael ^a,c   Dimmock, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031977997     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.4320-4326.1998     Document Type: Article

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