Identification of a highly conserved sequence element at the 3′ terminus of hepatitis C virus genome RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3363-3371

  Kolykhalov, Alexander A ^a   Feinstone, Stephen M ^b   Rice, Charles M ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0029938477     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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