Stem-loop structures II-IV of the 5′ untranslated sequences are required for the expression of the full-length hepatitis C virus genome

Archives of Virology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-467

  Qi, Z T ^a,c   Kalkeri, G ^a   Hanible, J ^a   Prabhu, R ^a   Bastian, F ^a   Garry, R F ^b   Dash, Srikanta ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0037334966     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-002-0933-0     Document Type: Article

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