Specific interaction between the hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA polymerase and the 3' end of the viral RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 7044-7049

  Cheng, Ju Chien ^a,b   Chang, Ming Fu ^a   Chang, Shin C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENOME; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

EID: 0032798689     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.7044-7049.1999     Document Type: Article

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