Molecular characterization of the 5' non-coding region of South African GBV-C/HGV isolates: Major deletion and evidence for a fourth genotype

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-59

  Tucker, Timothy J ^a,b   Smuts, Heidi ^a   Eickhaus, Peter ^a   Robson, Simon C ^a   Kirsch, Ralph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

5'NCR; GBV C HGV; Genotype; Mutation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032791290     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199909)59:1<52::AID-JMV9>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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