Transcriptional control of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of vesicular stomatitis virus

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1577, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 337-353

  Barr, John N ^a   Whelan, Sean P J ^a   Wertz, Gail W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative strand RNA genome; RNA virus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA; RNA REPLICASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS; VIRAL VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; EBOLA VIRUS; RABIES VIRUS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0037073059     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(02)00462-1     Document Type: Review

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