Hepatitis C virus core protein: Intriguing properties and functional relevance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-156

  Ray, Ratna B ^a   Ray, Ranjit ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell growth regulation; Core protein; Gene regulation; Hepatitis C virus; Immune response

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035928765     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00286-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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