Replication and IRES-dependent translation are both affected by core coding sequences in subgenomic GB virus B replicons

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 7502-7509

  Pizzuti, Maura ^a   De Tomassi, Amedeo ^a   Traboni, Cinzia ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KANAMYCIN KINASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENOME;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GB VIRUS B; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0038128671     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.13.7502-7509.2003     Document Type: Article

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