HCV core protein localizes in the nuclei of nonparenchymal liver cells from chronically HCV-infected patients

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 329, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1320-1328

  Falcón, Viviana ^a   Acosta Rivero, Nelson ^a   Shibayama, Mineko ^d   Chinea, Glay ^a   Gavilondo, Jorge V ^a   De La Rosa, María C ^a   Menéndez, Ivón ^a   Gra, Bienvenido ^b   Dueñas Carrera, Santiago ^a   Viña, Ariel ^a   García, Waldo ^b   González Bravo, Maritza ^c   Luna Munoz, Jose ^d   Miranda Sanchez, Magdalena ^d   Morales Grillo, Juan ^a   Kouri, Juan ^d   Tsutsumi, Victor ^d  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTO DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^c NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Core protein; Hepatitis C virus; Immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; CORE PROTEIN; FAT DROPLET; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STELLATE CELL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 20244378226     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.107     Document Type: Article

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