RNA elements within the 5′ untranslated region of the West Nile virus genome are critical for RNA synthesis and virus replication

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1218-1223

  Li, Xiao Feng ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Yu, Xue Dong ^a   Deng, Yong Qiang ^a   Zhao, Hui ^a   Zhu, Qing Yu ^a   Qin, E De ^a   Qin, Cheng Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLAQUE ASSAY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; VERO CELLS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE VIRUS;

FLAVIVIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 77951060395     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.013854-0     Document Type: Article

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