The vaccinia virus bifunctional gene J3 (nucleoside-2'-O-)- methyltransferase and poly(a) polymerase stimulatory factor is implicated as a positive transcription elongation factor by two genetic approaches

Virology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 345-355

  Latner, Donald R ^a   Xiang, Ying ^a   Lewis, Jackie I ^a   Condit, Jeremy ^a   Condit, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0034630342     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0243     Document Type: Article

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