The polymerase of negative-stranded RNA viruses

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-110

  Morin, Benjamin ^a   Kranzusch, Philip J ^a   Rahmeh, Amal A ^a   Whelan, Sean P J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GENOMIC RNA; GLYCINE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN M2; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REPLICATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA VIRUS;

EID: 84880056645     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2013.03.008     Document Type: Review

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