Genetic interactions between an essential 3′ cis-acting RNA pseudoknot, replicase gene products, and the extreme 3′ end of the mouse coronavirus genome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1214-1228

  Züst, Roland ^a   Miller, Timothy B ^b   Goebel, Scott J ^b   Thiel, Volker ^a   Masters, Paul S ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GENE PRODUCT; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 8; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 9; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC CODE; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; MICE; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA, VIRAL; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CORONAVIRUS; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 38349176520     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01690-07     Document Type: Article

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