Transcripts of a chimeric CDNA clone of hepatitis C virus genotype 1b are infectious in vivo

Virology

Volumn 244, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 161-172

  Yanagi, Masayuki ^a   St Claire, Marisa ^b   Shapiro, Max ^b   Emerson, Suzanne U ^a   Purcell, Robert H ^a   Bukh, Jens ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BIOQUAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 17544390782     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9092     Document Type: Article

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