Sequences within Both the 5′ UTR and Gag Are Required for Optimal In Vivo Packaging and Propagation of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) Genomic RNA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Mustafa, Farah ^a   Al Amri, Dhuha ^a   Al Ali, Farah ^a   Al Sari, Noor ^a   Al Suwaidi, Sarah ^a   Jayanth, Preethi ^a,b   Philips, Pretty S ^a   Rizvi, Tahir A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAG PROTEIN; GENOMIC RNA; HYGROMYCIN; NUCLEOTIDE; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS PARTICLE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867615144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047088     Document Type: Article

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