De novo initiation of RNA synthesis by the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (NS5B) of hepatitis C virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 851-863

  Luo, Guangxiang ^a   Hamatake, Robert K ^a,b   Mathis, Danielle M ^a   Racela, Jason ^a   Rigat, Karen L ^a   Lemm, Julie ^a   Colonno, Richard J ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CORDYCEPIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; STOP CODON; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; CELL LINE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033989278     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.2.851-863.2000     Document Type: Article

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