Studies of the genomic RNA of leukosis viruses: Implications for RNA dimerization

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 7165-7174

  Ortiz Conde, Betty A ^a   Hughes, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; DIMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0032855653     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.9.7165-7174.1999     Document Type: Article

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