Engineering infectious cDNAs of coronavirus as bacterial artificial chromosomes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 454, Issue , 2008, Pages 275-291

  Almazán, Fernando ^a   Galán, Carmen ^a   Enjuanes, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome; Coronavirus; Infectious clone; Reverse genetics; SARS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORONAVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS URBANI;

EID: 84934439116     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-181-9_20     Document Type: Article

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