Dissecting RNA recombination in vitro: Role of RNA sequences and the viral replicase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2392-2403

  Nagy, Peter D ^a   Zhang, Chunxia ^a   Simon, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant virus; Recombination; Replication; Satellite RNA; Template switching

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SATELLITE RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; TOMBUSVIRUS;

BINDING SITES; CARMOVIRUS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, SATELLITE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; CARMOVIRUS; TOMBUSVIRUS;

EID: 0032522539     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2392     Document Type: Article

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