The PA subunit is required for efficient nuclear accumulation of the PB1 subunit of the influenza A virus RNA polymerase complex

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 9144-9153

  Fodor, Ervin ^a   Smith, Matt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL STRAIN COS7; ENZYME SUBUNIT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VERO CELL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 4143148582     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.9144-9153.2004     Document Type: Article

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