Ranaviruses: Not Just for Frogs

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chinchar, V Gregory ^a   Waltzek, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DNA VIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; RANAVIRUS; RANIDAE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84893736015     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003850     Document Type: Article

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