Molecular biology of Hendra and Nipah viruses

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-287

  Wang, Lin Fa ^a   Harcourt, Brian H ^b   Yu, Meng ^a   Tamin, Azaibi ^b   Rota, Paul A ^b   Bellini, William J ^b   Eaton, Bryan T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene organization; Gene sequence; Hendra virus; Nipah virus; Virus classification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HENDRA VIRUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NIPAH VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

HENDRA VIRUS; NIPAH VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRINAE;

EID: 0035034365     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01381-8     Document Type: Review

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