Amplification and fusion of long fragments of hepatitis C virus genome

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-223

  Wang, Lian Fu ^a   Radkowski, Marek ^a   Vargas, Hugo ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a   Laskus, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplification; Fusion; HCV; Hepatitis C virus; Long PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE COMPOSITION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030774397     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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