Reverse transcriptase activity in chicken embryo fibroblast culture supernatants is associated with particles containing endogenous avian retrovirus EAV-0 RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 3005-3012

  Weissmahr, Richard N ^a   Schüpbach, Jörg ^a   Böni, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROVIRUS; SUCROSE DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 1842327431     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.3005-3012.1997     Document Type: Article

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