Foamy viruses are unconventional retroviruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1747-1755

  Linial, Maxine L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033023880     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.3.1747-1755.1999     Document Type: Review

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