Direct repeats in the flavivirus 3′ untranslated region; a strategy for survival in the environment?

Virology

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-265

  Gritsun, T S ^a   Gould, E A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 UTR; Alignment "by eye"; Direct repeats; Enhancer; Flaviviruses; Promoter

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLAVIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

FLAVIVIRUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33846382997     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.09.033     Document Type: Article

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