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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Main Authors: Juan C. Zapata, Maria S. Salvato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-01-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/5/1/241