The entire nucleotide sequences of two GB virus C/hepatitis G virus isolates of distinct genotypes from Japan

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 737-745

  Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Nakao, Haruhisa ^b   Inoue, Taisuke ^c   Fukuda, Masako ^d   Kishimoto, Junichi ^d   Iizuka, Hisao ^e   Tsuda, Fumio ^f   Miyakawa, Yuzo ^g   Mayumi, Makoto ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^d Institute of Immunology Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

^f Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^g Miyakawa Memorial Research Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0030887409     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-4-737     Document Type: Article

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