Sequences within Both the 5′ UTR and Gag Are Required for Optimal In Vivo Packaging and Propagation of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) Genomic RNA

Farah Mustafa; Dhuha Al Amri; Farah Al Ali; Noor Al Sari; Sarah Al Suwaidi; Preethi Jayanth; Pretty S. Philips; Tahir A. Rizvi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047088

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Sequences within Both the 5′ UTR and Gag Are Required for Optimal In Vivo Packaging and Propagation of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) Genomic RNA

Farah Mustafa ,

* E-mail: fmustafa@uaeu.ac.ae

Affiliation Departments of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Dhuha Al Amri,

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Farah Al Ali,

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Noor Al Sari,

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Sarah Al Suwaidi,

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Preethi Jayanth,

Current address: Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Pretty S. Philips,

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Tahir A. Rizvi

Affiliation Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Sequences within Both the 5′ UTR and Gag Are Required for Optimal In Vivo Packaging and Propagation of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) Genomic RNA

Farah Mustafa,
Dhuha Al Amri,
Farah Al Ali,
Noor Al Sari,
Sarah Al Suwaidi,
Preethi Jayanth,
Pretty S. Philips,
Tahir A. Rizvi

Published: October 16, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047088

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Publisher's Note: Error in Reference 74

Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 31 May 2013 at 21:23 GMT

The author names in reference 74 are incorrect. The following is the correct reference:
Mallona I, Weiss J and Egea-Cortines M (2011) pcrEfficiency: A Web tool for PCR amplification efficiency prediction. BMC Bioinformatics 12:404. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-12-404.

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Sequences within Both the 5′ UTR and Gag Are Required for Optimal In Vivo Packaging and Propagation of Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) Genomic RNA

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Publisher's Note: Error in Reference 74

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