Ultrastructural and functional analyses of recombinant influenza virus ribonucleoproteins suggest dimerization of nucleoprotein during virus amplification

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 156-163

  Ortega, Joaquín ^a   Martín Benito, Jaime ^a   Zürcher, Thomas ^a   Valpuesta, José M ^a   Carrascosa, José L ^a   Ortín, Juan ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 17644443084     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.1.156-163.2000     Document Type: Article

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