Arenavirus Variations Due to Host-Specific Adaptation
Arenavirus particles are enveloped and contain two single-strand RNA genomic segments with ambisense coding. Genetic plasticity of the arenaviruses comes from transcription errors, segment reassortment, and permissive genomic packaging, and results in their remarkable ability, as a group, to infect...
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MDPI AG
2013-01-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/5/1/241 |