Comparison between homologies of E2/NS1 gene from genotype III Chinese isolates of hepatitis C virus and that from reported isolates

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 807-809

  Wu, Chaodong ^a   Tao, Qimin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS VACCINE; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032149053     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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