Development and analysis of a tick-borne encephalitis virus infectious clone using a novel and rapid strategy

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-120

  Gritsun, T S ^a   Gould, E A ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High fidelity; Infectious clone; Long RT PCR; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; PRIMER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLAQUE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSFECTION;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RNA VIRUSES; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0032401155     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00130-X     Document Type: Article

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