Molecular biology and genetic diversity of Rift Valley fever virus

Antiviral Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-310

  Ikegami, Tetsuro ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunyavirus; Genetic diversity; Phlebovirus; Phylogenetics; Rift Valley fever virus

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RIFT VALLEY FEVER BUNYAVIRUS; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRION; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS; RUMINANTS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BUNYAVIRIDAE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; PHLEBOVIRUS; RIFT VALLEY FEVER VIRUS;

EID: 84865282834     PISSN: 01663542     EISSN: 18729096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2012.06.001     Document Type: Review

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