Influenza A virus particles (virions ... PB2 and polymerase subunit acidic (the viral polymerase complex). Each nucleocapsid protein-encapsidated RNA segment, together with its heterotrimeric ...

Polymerase chain reaction ... looked for the presence of specific RNA from 3 common respiratory viruses (picornavirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza A and B), on the toys in a ...

The virus uses its own RNA copying machine, called a polymerase, to make duplicates ... 29,900 bases long--near the limit for RNA viruses. Influenza has about 13,500 bases, and the rhinoviruses ...

A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling ...

An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated 1918 Influenza virus ... While all of the virus’ genetic material – the RNA – was fragmented into tiny pieces, the scientists were ...

Any scientist or physician interested in the influenza virus ... using polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based techniques. These careful workers have successfully isolated fragments of RNA from ...

The RNA polymerase is responsible for the replication of viral genetic material and the activation of viral genes, and is ...

The influenza genome is very compact and contained in virus particles that ... complexes containing the RNA segment, a nuclear protein and the polymerase complex, which are both encoded by the ...

Unlike standard devices for collecting and transporting virus samples, PrimeStore® MTM is the first molecular transport device that can safely deactivate pathogens and stabilize RNA and DNA ...

A specialized protein produced by the immune system that helps destroy disease-causing organisms. An antibody is a component of humoral immunity. Antibodies can be effective defenders against both ...

Longhorn Vaccines and Diagnostics, a One Health company developing treatments and diagnostic tools for global public health and zoonosis concerns, will present new data from universal influenza pipeli ...