Characterization of hepatitis G virus (GB-C virus) particles: Evidence for a nucleocapsid and expression of sequences upstream of the E1 protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2738-2744

  Xiang, Jinhua ^a,b   Klinzman, Donna ^a   McLinden, James ^c   Schmidt, Warren N ^a,b   LaBrecque, Douglas R ^a,b   Gish, Robert ^d   Stapleton, Jack T ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c American Biogenetic Sciences Inc   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031922320     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.4.2738-2744.1998     Document Type: Article

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