Characterization of the L gene and 5' trailer region of Ebola virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-362

  Volchkov, Viktor E ^a,b   Volchkova, Valentina A ^a,b   Chepurnov, Alexandr A ^b   Blinov, Vladimir M ^b   Dolnik, Olga ^a   Netesov, Sergej V ^b   Feldmann, Heinz ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EBOLA VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; EBOLA VIRUS; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS; MONONEGAVIRALES; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032970119     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-2-355     Document Type: Article

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