Physics of RNA and viral assembly

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Bruinsma, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA; VIRUSES;

PHYSICAL ARGUMENTS; SINGLE-STRANDED; VIRAL ASSEMBLY; VIRAL RNA GENOMES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

VIRUS RNA;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIRUS GENOME;

GENOME, VIRAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33645290922     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2005-10071-1     Document Type: Article

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