Slow evolutionary rate of GB virus C/hepatitis G virus

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 383-389

  Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Katayama, Kazuhiko ^b   Fukushi, Shuetsu ^b   Kageyama, Tsutomu ^b   Oya, Akira ^b   Okamura, Hirofumi ^c   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^d   Mizokami, Masashi ^d   Gojobori, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b BioMedical Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Divergence time; GBV A; GBV C HGV; Phylogenetic tree; Substitution rate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA VIRUS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS A; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033041307     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006482     Document Type: Article

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