Replicase complex genes of Semliki Forest virus confer lethal neurovirulence

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 4579-4589

  Tuittila, Minna T ^a,b   Santagati, Maria G ^c   Röyttä, Matias ^b   Määttä, Jorma A ^a,b   Hinkkanen, Ari E ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033999561     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.10.4579-4589.2000     Document Type: Article

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