Correction: G3BP1, G3BP2 and CAPRIN1 Are Required for Translation of Interferon Stimulated mRNAs and Are Targeted by a Dengue Virus Non-coding RNA.
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SUBMITTER: Bidet K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5370155 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
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Correction: G3BP1, G3BP2 and CAPRIN1 Are Required for Translation of Interferon Stimulated mRNAs and Are Targeted by a Dengue Virus Non-coding RNA.
Bidet Katell K Dadlani Dhivya D Garcia-Blanco Mariano A MA
PLoS pathogens 20170328 3
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004242.]. ...[more]
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