Secondary structure determination of the conserved 98-base sequence at the 3' terminus of hepatitis C virus genome RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 7345-7352

  Blight, Keril J ^a   Rice, Charles M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0030823630     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.10.7345-7352.1997     Document Type: Article

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