Influenza type B neuraminidase can replace the function of type A neuraminidase

Virology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-277

  Ghate, Anita A ^a,b   Air, Gillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SUCROSE GRADIENT; TISSUE CULTURE; VIROGENESIS;

EID: 0033604636     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9936     Document Type: Article

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