A refined long RT-PCR technique to amplify complete viral RNA genome sequences from clinical samples: Application to a novel hepatitis C virus variant of genotype 6

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Lu, Ling ^a,b   Nakano, Tatsunori ^c   Smallwood, Gregory A ^b   Heffron, Thomas G ^b   Robertson, Betty H ^d   Hagedorn, Curt H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^c Ichinomiyanishi Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotype; HCV genome; Long RT PCR

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; EXONUCLEASE; GENOMIC RNA; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 17644421360     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2005.01.031     Document Type: Article

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