ROLE OF SUBGENOMIC MINUS-STRAND RNA IN CORONAVIRUS REPLICATION

Authors
BRIAN DA CHANG RY HOFMANN MA SETHNA PB
Citation
Da. Brian et al., ROLE OF SUBGENOMIC MINUS-STRAND RNA IN CORONAVIRUS REPLICATION, Archives of virology, 1994, pp. 173-180
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Virology
Journal title
Archives of virology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03048608
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
9
Pages
173 - 180
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8608(1994):<173:ROSMRI>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Coronavirus subgenomic minus-strand RNAs (negative-strand copies of th e 3' coterminal subgenomic mRNAs) probably function in mRNA amplificat ion by serving as templates for transcription from internal (intergeni c) promoters, rather than by faithful (full-length) mRNA replication.