Analysis of the Envelope Region of Hepatitis G Virus Isolated from Korean Patients

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-123

  Kim, Chong Kyung ^a   Park, Sung Woo ^a   Kim, Pu Kyung ^a   Cho, Mong ^b   Lee, Tae Ho ^a   Jun, Hong Ki ^a   Jang, Kyung Lib ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Envelope protein; Flavivirus; Genetic diversity; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVELOPE GENE; FLAVIVIRUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KOREA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENES, ENV; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; KOREA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 0032574005     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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