Genetic variability and characterization of non-structural region 5 of hepatitis C virus genome from Chinese patients

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-72

  Wei, Lai ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Du, Shaocai ^a   Wang, Hao ^a   Tao, Qimin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Hepatitis C virus; Nonstructural region 5; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031936859     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050046     Document Type: Article

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