Genetic lesions within the 3a gene of SARS-CoV

Virology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tan, Timothy H P ^a   Barkham, Timothy ^b   Fielding, Burtram C ^a   Chou, Chih Fong ^a   Shen, Shuo ^a   Seng, Gee Lim ^a   Hong, Wanjin ^a   Tan, Yee Joo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; 3A PROTEIN, SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; WILD TYPE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS COV;

FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; SARS VIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 23944451424     PISSN: 1743422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-2-51     Document Type: Article

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