Toward a surrogate model for hepatitis C virus: An infectious molecular clone of the GB virus-B hepatitis agent

Virology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 470-478

  Bukh, Jens ^a   Apgar, Carl L ^a   Yanagi, Masayuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

EID: 0033619115     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9941     Document Type: Article

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