Initiation of viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerization

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1077-1093

  van Dijk, Alberdina A ^a   Makeyev, Eugene V ^a,b   Bamford, Dennis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA DERIVATIVE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DNA PRIMERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RNA REPLICASE; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPERATURE;

RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 2442677715     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19731-0     Document Type: Review

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