Identification of GB virus C variants by phylogenetic analysis of 5'- untranslated and coding region sequences

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 6501-6508

  Muerhoff, A Scott ^a   Smith, Donald B ^b   Leary, Thomas P ^a   Erker, James C ^a   Desai, Suresh M ^b   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0030838676     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.6501-6508.1997     Document Type: Article

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