Influenza virus polymerase transcribes or replicates the segmented RNA genome (vRNA) into respectively viral mRNA or full-length copies and initiates RNA synthesis by binding the conserved 3' and 5' vRNA ends (the promoter). In recent structures of promoter-bound polymerase, the cap-binding and endo...
ORGANISM(S): Influenza B virus (B/Memphis/13/03) Influenza A virus (A/Vietnam/1203/04(H5N1))