Mutational analysis of the Lassa virus promoter

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 12414-12419

  Hass, Meike ^a   Westerkofsky, Martina ^a   Müller, Stefanie ^a   Becker Ziaja, Beate ^a   Busch, Carola ^a   Günther, Stephan ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LASSA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; LASSA VIRUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARENAVIRUS; LASSA VIRUS;

EID: 33845391177     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01374-06     Document Type: Article

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