Hepatitis C virus-specific DNA sequences in human DNA: Differentiation by means of restriction enzyme analysis at the DNA level in healthy, Anti-HCV-negative individuals

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 623-630

  Dennin, Reinhard H ^a   Wo, Jianer ^b   Chen, Zhi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anti HCV negative individuals; HCV; HCV DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0032870728     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.097     Document Type: Article

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