Detection of subgenomic cDNAs and mapping of feline foamy virus mRNAs reveals complex patterns of transcription

Virology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 417-426

  Bodem, Jochen ^a   Löchelt, Martin ^a   Delius, Hajo ^a   Flügel, Rolf M ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUMA VIRUS; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; FELIDAE; FELINE FOAMY VIRUS; HUMAN FOAMY VIRUS; HUMAN SPUMARETROVIRUS; PRIMATES; RNA VIRUSES; SPUMAVIRUS;

EID: 0032503231     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9113     Document Type: Article

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