Complete and Incomplete Genome Packaging of Influenza A and B Viruses

ABSTRACT The genomes of influenza A and B viruses comprise eight segmented, single-stranded, negative-sense viral RNAs (vRNAs). Although segmentation of the virus genome complicates the packaging of infectious progeny into virions, it provides an evolutionary benefit in that it allows viruses to exc...

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Main Authors: Sumiho Nakatsu, Hiroshi Sagara, Yuko Sakai-Tagawa, Norio Sugaya, Takeshi Noda, Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2bf0de2f41d04505a9da3719e7060ffe
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