Identification of an internal ribosome entry segment in the 5' region of the mouse VL30 retrotransposon and its use in the development of retroviral vectors

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 8393-8402

  López Lastra, Marcelo ^a   Ulrici, Sandrine ^a   Gabus, Caroline ^a   Darlix, Jean Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; FRIEND LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HARVEY SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0344132647     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.10.8393-8402.1999     Document Type: Article

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