The conserved poxvirus L3 virion protein is required for transcription of vaccinia virus early genes

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 14719-14729

  Resch, Wolfgang ^a   Moss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN L3; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; L3L GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POXVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POXVIRIDAE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 27744512063     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.23.14719-14729.2005     Document Type: Article

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