Dual role of the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus intergenic region in transcription termination and virus propagation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4519-4526

  Pinschewer, Daniel D ^a,b   Perez, Mar ^a   De La Torre, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 15244362538     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.7.4519-4526.2005     Document Type: Article

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