Hepatitis C virus RNA synthesis in a cell-free system isolated from replicon-containing hepatoma cells

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 2029-2037

  Hardy, Richard W ^a,c   Marcotrigiano, Joseph ^b   Blight, Keril J ^b   Majors, John E ^a   Rice, Charles M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NS5B; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPLICON; RNA SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; REPLICON; RNA HELICASES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0037303327     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.3.2029-2037.2003     Document Type: Article

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