Structure and function of the 3′ terminal six nucleotides of the West Nile virus genome in viral replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 8159-8171

  Tilgner, Mark ^a   Shi, Pei Yong ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPLICON; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 3242740948     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.15.8159-8171.2004     Document Type: Article

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