A transcriptionally active subgenomic promoter supports homologous crossovers in a plus-strand RNA virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 6769-6776

  Wierzchoslawski, Rafal ^a   Dzianott, Aleksandra ^a   Kunimalayan, Selvi ^a,c   Bujarski, Jozef J ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLATED RNA; RECOMBINANT RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS RNA3;

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; ENHANCER REGION; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION SITE; RNA RECOMBINATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA VIRUS; SUBGENOMIC PROMOTER; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

BROMOVIRUS; CHENOPODIUM QUINOA; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MUTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037604684     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.12.6769-6776.2003     Document Type: Article

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