Function of hexameric RNA in packaging of bacteriophage θ29 DNA in vitro

Molecular Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-147

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Lemieux, Sébastien ^b   Wu, Xiling ^c   St Arnaud, Daniel ^b   McMurray, Cynthia T ^c   Major, François ^b   Anderson, Dwight ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; RNA; RNA, CIRCULAR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PHAGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID; DIMERIZATION; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERS; RNA; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032111970     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80123-9     Document Type: Article

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