Selection of 3′-template bases and initiating nucleotides by hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 7030-7039

  Shim, Jae Hoon ^a   Larson, Gary ^a   Wu, Jim Zhen ^a   Hong, Zhi ^a  

^a Valeant Pharmaceuticals International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BASE; GENOMIC RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MAGNESIUM; NS 5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS GENOME; 3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; MAGNESIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0036631865     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.14.7030-7039.2002     Document Type: Article

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