Selection of RNA replicons capable of persistent noncytopathic replication in mammalian cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 3854-3865

  Frolov, Ilya ^a   Agapov, Eugene ^a   Hoffman Jr , Thomas A ^a   Prágai, Béla M ^a,b   Lippa, Mara ^a   Schlesinger, Sondra ^a   Rice, Charles M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA VIRUS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPLICON; RNA TRANSLATION; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032924734     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.5.3854-3865.1999     Document Type: Article

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