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The influenza virus RNA synthesis machine
1 Mar 2011
Abstract excerpt
The influenza A viruses are the causative agents of respiratory disease that occurs as yearly epidemics and occasional pandemics. These viruses are endemic in wild avian species and can sometimes break the species barrier to infect and generate new virus lineages in humans. The influenza A virus genome consists of eight single-stranded, negative-polarity RNAs that form ribonucleoprotein complexes by association...
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