Transcription of a vaccinia virus late promoter template: Requirement for the product of the A2L intermediate-stage gene

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 4444-4450

  Lorena Passarelli, A ^a   Kovacs, Gerald R ^a   Moss, Bernard ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BACULOVIRUS; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DNA TEMPLATE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; INSECT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 8944223029     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.7.4444-4450.1996     Document Type: Article

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