Coronaviruses as DNA Wannabes: A New Model for the Regulation of RNA Virus Replication Fidelity

Everett Clinton Smith; Mark R. Denison

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003760

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Coronaviruses as DNA Wannabes: A New Model for the Regulation of RNA Virus Replication Fidelity

Everett Clinton Smith,

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, The Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Mark R. Denison

* E-mail: mark.denison@Vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, The Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
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Coronaviruses as DNA Wannabes: A New Model for the Regulation of RNA Virus Replication Fidelity

Everett Clinton Smith,
Mark R. Denison

Published: December 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003760

About the Authors

Everett Clinton Smith

Mark R. Denison

* E-mail: mark.denison@Vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, The Elizabeth B. Lamb Center for Pediatric Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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