Identification of a novel sequence at the 3' end of the GB virus B genome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 10546-10550

  Sbardellati, Andrea ^a   Scarselli, Elisa ^a   Tomei, Licia ^a   Kekulé, Alexander S ^b   Traboni, Cinzia ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; HEPATITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

SAGUINUS;

EID: 0032737035     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.10546-10550.1999     Document Type: Article

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