The GB viruses

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 242, Issue , 2000, Pages 342-375

  Simons, J N ^a   Desai, S M ^a   Mushahwar, I K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS;

EID: 0033992670     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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