Natural variation in translational activities of the 5' nontranslated RNAs of hepatitis C virus genotypes 1a and 1b: Evidence for a long-range RNA- RNA interaction outside of the internal ribosomal entry site

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4941-4951

  Honda, Masao ^a,b   Rijnbrand, Rene ^a   Abell, Geoff ^a   Kim, Desok ^c   Lemon, Stanley M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0033032196     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.6.4941-4951.1999     Document Type: Article

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