The 3'-untranslated region of hepatitis C virus RNA enhances translation from an internal ribosomal entry site

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 8789-8796

  Ito, Takayoshi ^a   Tahara, Stanley M ^a   Lai, Michael M C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPYRIMIDINE TRACT BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031658923     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.11.8789-8796.1998     Document Type: Article

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