cis-acting RNA signals in the NS5B C-terminal coding sequence of the hepatitis C virus genome

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 10865-10877

  Lee, Haekyung ^a   Shin, Hyukwoo ^a   Wimmer, Eckard ^a   Paul, Aniko V ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; POLYPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, VIRAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 4644328613     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.20.10865-10877.2004     Document Type: Article

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