Highly conserved regions of influenza A virus polymerase gene segments are critical for efficient viral RNA packaging

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2295-2304

  Marsh, Glenn A ^a,c   Rabadán, Raúl ^b   Levine, Arnold J ^b   Palese, Peter ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; LABORATORY; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DOGS; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 39749119294     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02267-07     Document Type: Article

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