Overview of hepatitis C virus genome structure, polyprotein processing, and protein properties

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 242, Issue , 2000, Pages 55-84

  Reed, K E ^a   Rice, C M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

GENE STRUCTURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0033992516     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59605-6_4     Document Type: Review

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