Molecular cloning and characterization of a GB virus C isolate from a patient with non-A-E hepatitis

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2713-2720

  Erker, James C ^a   Simons, John N ^a   Muerhoff, A Scott ^a   Leary, Thomas P ^a   Chalmers, Michelle L ^a   Desai, Suresh M ^a   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MIRIDAE; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029796810     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-11-2713     Document Type: Article

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