Structure of influenza virus ribonucleoprotein complexes and their packaging into virions

Reviews in Medical Virology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 380-391

  Noda, Takeshi ^a   Kawaoka, Yoshihiro ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC POLYMERASE PROTEIN 1; BASIC POLYMERASE PROTEIN 2; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77958569432     PISSN: 10529276     EISSN: 10991654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rmv.666     Document Type: Review

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