Effects of Altering the Transcription Termination Signals of Respiratory Syncytial Virus on Viral Gene Expression and Growth in Vitro and in Vivo

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 692-699

  Tran, Kim C ^a   Collins, Peter L ^a   Teng, Michael N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NONHUMAN; NS1 GENE; NS2 GENE; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RNA GENE; RNA VIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; PLAQUE ASSAY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0346688649     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.2.692-699.2004     Document Type: Article

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