Selection for gene junction sequences important for VSV transcription

Virology

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 379-387

  Hinzman, Edward E ^a   Barr, John N ^a   Wertz, Gail W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cis acting signals; Gene expression; Transcription; U tract; VSV

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CRICETINAE; DNA, INTERGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLAQUE ASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VESICULOVIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 53449087905     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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