Reassortment in segmented RNA viruses: Mechanisms and outcomes

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 448-460

  McDonald, Sarah M ^a,b   Nelson, Martha I ^c   Turner, Paul E ^d   Patton, John T ^e  

^a VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTOVIRIDAE; DNA PACKAGING; GENETIC REASSORTMENT; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRIDAE; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; CYSTOVIRIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REOVIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84969895626     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2016.46     Document Type: Review

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