Investigation of the role of the RNA-dependant RNA polymerase in the transcription and replication of the 1918 pandemic Influenza A virus

The 1918 “Spanish Flu” pandemic was cause by an Influenza A virus that infected 500 million people and nearly 50 million people died. Influenza viruses utilize a RNA-Dependant RNA Polymerase (RdRp) complex, composed of the PA, PB1 and PB2 proteins along with the viral nucleoprotein (NP) to mediate v...

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Main Author: Bow, Sarah Jane
Other Authors: Kobasa, Darwyn (Medical Microbiology)
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/22196