Replication of hepatitis C virus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1631-1648

  Bartenschlager, Ralf ^a   Lohmann, Volker ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD81 ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CHIMPANZEE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SCANDENTIA; SCID MOUSE; VIRION; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RNA VIRUSES; SCANDENTIA;

EID: 0033920795     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-7-1631     Document Type: Review

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