Hepatitis C virus core from two different genotypes has an oncogenic potential but is not sufficient for transforming primary rat embryo fibroblasts in cooperation with the H-ras oncogene

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 3060-3065

  Chang, Jun ^a   Yang, S Hwan ^a   Cho, Young Gyu ^a   Hwang, Soon Bong ^b   Hahn, Young Shin ^c   Sung, Young Chul ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0031901556     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.3060-3065.1998     Document Type: Article

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