Pathogenesis by subviral agents: Viroids and hepatitis delta virus

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-94

  Flores, Ricardo ^a   Owens, Robert A ^b   Taylor, John ^c  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HISTONE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS RNA;

DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; GENE SILENCING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; VIROID; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MIXED INFECTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PRIMATE; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; COINFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS D; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; PRIMATES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, VIRAL; VIROIDS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84958767462     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2016.01.022     Document Type: Review

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