Translation efficiencies of the 5' untranslated region from representatives of the six major genotypes of hepatitis C virus using a novel bicistronic reporter assay system

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2359-2366

  Collier, Adam J ^a   Tang, Shixing ^a   Elliott, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; GENOTYPE; HELA CELL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031716752     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-10-2359     Document Type: Article

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