5′-Proximal hot spot for an inducible positive-to-negative-strand template switch by coronavirus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3206-3215

  Wu, Hung Yi ^a   Brian, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CORONAVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BOVINE CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CORONAVIRUS; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 33947403119     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01817-06     Document Type: Article

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