Specific in vitro association between the hepatitis C viral genome and core protein

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-134

  Fan, Zhanyun ^a   Yang, Qi Rui ^a   Twu, Jr Shin ^a,b   Sherker, Averell H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Genemed Biotechnologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA gel shift assay; Viral encapsidation; Virion assembly

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; VIRION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CAPSID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0345411482     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199910)59:2<131::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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