Contributions of viral splice sites and cis-regulatory elements to lentivirus vector function

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 6171-6176

  Cui, Yan ^a   Iwakuma, Tomoo ^a   Chang, Lung Ji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LENTIVIRINAE; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0033059216     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.7.6171-6176.1999     Document Type: Article

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