Molecular cloning of a defective hepatitis C virus genome from the ascitic fluid of a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2761-2770

  Yeh, Chau Ting ^a   Lu, Su Chuan ^a   Chu, Chia Ming ^a   Liaw, Yun Fan ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030711769     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-11-2761     Document Type: Article

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