Hierarchy among viral RNA (vRNA) segments in their role in vRNA incorporation into influenza A virions

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2318-2325

  Muramoto, Yukiko ^a,b,c   Takada, Ayato ^b,c   Fujii, Ken ^b,c   Noda, Takeshi ^b,c   Iwatsuki Horimoto, Kiyoko ^b,c   Watanabe, Shinji ^d   Horimoto, Taisuke ^b,c   Kida, Hiroshi ^a   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^b,c,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DOGS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; PLASMIDS; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HUMAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 33144470721     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.80.5.2318-2325.2006     Document Type: Article

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