The coronavirus replicase: Insights into a sophisticated enzyme machinery

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 581, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-11

  Ziebuhr, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84934435282     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33012-9_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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