Hepatitis G virus genomic RNA is pathogenic to Macaca mulatta

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 970-975

  Ren, Hao ^a   Zhu, Fen Lu ^a   Cao, Ming Mei ^a   Wen, Xin Yu ^b   Zhao, Ping ^a   Qi, Zhong Tian ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Military Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Genome RNA; Hepatitis G virus; Macaca mulatta; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC RNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; LIVER CELL; MACACA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 14844286854     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i7.970     Document Type: Article

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