Initiation of genomic plus-strand RNA synthesis from DNA and RNA templates by a viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 6415-6423

  Sivakumaran, K ^a   Kao, C Cheng ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE MUTATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOSAIC VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032813656     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.8.6415-6423.1999     Document Type: Article

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