A shared transcription termination signal on negative and ambisense RNA genome segments of Rift Valley fever, sandfly fever Sicilian, and Toscana viruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 5246-5256

  Albariño, César G ^a   Bird, Brian H ^a,b   Nichol, Stuart T ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RNA GENE; RNA VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, VIRAL; PHLEBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARBOVIRUS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; PHLEBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 34248345069     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02778-06     Document Type: Article

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