Hepatitis Delta Virus RNA Encoding the Large Delta Antigen Cannot Sustain Replication due to Rapid Accumulation of Mutations Associated with RNA Editing

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 12048-12056

  Macnaughton, Thomas B ^a   Li, Yi Ija ^a   Doughty, Alison L ^a   Lai, Michael M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; HEPATITIS DELTA ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; RNA EDITING; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0242268543     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.22.12048-12056.2003     Document Type: Article

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