Homologous recombination is very rare or absent in human influenza A virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4807-4811

  Boni, Maciej F ^a,b   Zhou, Yang ^c   Taubenberger, Jeffery K ^d   Holmes, Edward C ^c,e  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DNA TEMPLATE; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SWITCHING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MIXED INFECTION; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; BIOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 43249110221     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02683-07     Document Type: Article

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