Use of DNA, RNA, and chimeric templates by a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase: Evolutionary implications for the transition from the RNA to the DNA world

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 6424-6429

  Siegel, Robert W ^a,c   Bellon, Laurent ^b   Beigelman, Leonid ^b   Kao, C Cheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sirna Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032805880     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.6424-6429.1999     Document Type: Article

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