The 5' untranslated region of GB virus B shows functional similarity to the internal ribosome entry site of hepatitis C virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2337-2341

  Grace, Ken ^a   Gartland, Margaret ^a   Karayiannis, Peter ^b   McGarvey, Michael J ^b   Clarke, Berwyn ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; PESTIVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; PESTIVIRUS;

EID: 0032818274     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-9-2337     Document Type: Article

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