Direct evidence that the poly(A) tail of influenza A virus mRNA is synthesized by reiterative copying of a U track in the virion RNA template

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3473-3476

  Poon, Leo L M ^a   Pritlove, David C ^a   Fodor, Ervin ^a   Brownlee, George G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0033015827     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.4.3473-3476.1999     Document Type: Article

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