Biochemical analyses of the interactions between viral polymerases and RNAs

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 451, Issue , 2008, Pages 185-200

  Kim, Young Chan ^a   Cheng Kao, C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brome mosaic virus; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Hepatitis C virus; Mass spectrometry; Reversible crosslinking; RNA polymerase; RNA replication; RNA dependent; Template competition assay

Indexed keywords

BROME MOSAIC VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 84934438818     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-102-4_13     Document Type: Article

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