Coronavirus nucleocapsid protein facilitates template switching and is required for efficient transcription

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2169-2175

  Zúñiga, Sonia ^a   Cruz, Jazmina L G ^a   Sola, Isabel ^a   Mateos Gómez, Pedro A ^a   Palacio, Lorena ^a   Enjuanes, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

CORONAVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSMISSIBLE GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS;

EID: 75449101470     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02011-09     Document Type: Article

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