Hep3B Human Hepatoma Cells Support Replication of the Wild-Type and a 5′-End Deletion Mutant GB Virus B Replicon

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 11875-11881

  De Tomassi, Amedeo ^a   Pizzuti, Maura ^a   Traboni, Cinzia ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN HEP3B; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CELL STRAIN HUH7; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GB VIRUS B; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REPLICON; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0242268559     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.22.11875-11881.2003     Document Type: Article

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