De novo initiation of RNA synthesis by hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 5B polymerase

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2017-2022

  Zhong, Weidong ^a   Uss, Annette S ^a   Ferrari, Eric ^a   Lau, Johnson Y N ^a   Hong, Zhi ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033948907     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.4.2017-2022.2000     Document Type: Article

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