Sequence Relationships of RNA Helicases and Other Proteins Encoded by Blunervirus RNAs Highlight Recombinant Evolutionary Origin of Kitaviral Genomes.
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SUBMITTER: Morozov SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658314 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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Sequence Relationships of RNA Helicases and Other Proteins Encoded by Blunervirus RNAs Highlight Recombinant Evolutionary Origin of Kitaviral Genomes.
Morozov Sergey Y SY Lazareva Ekaterina A EA Solovyev Andrey G AG
Frontiers in microbiology 20201029
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