Expression of baculovirus late and very late genes depends on LEF-4, a component of the viral RNA polymerase whose guanyltransferase function is essential

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 4168-4173

  Knebel Mörsdorf, Dagmar ^b   Quadt, Ilja ^b   Li, Yi ^a   Montier, Laura ^a   Guarino, Linda A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYHEDRIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA CAPS; SPODOPTERA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

INSECTA;

EID: 33645789826     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.80.8.4168-4173.2006     Document Type: Article

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