Unravelling hepatitis C virus replication from genome to function

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7053, 2005, Pages 933-938

  Lindenbach, Brett D ^a   Rice, Charles M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DRUG PRODUCTS; GENES;

DIAGNOSTICS; HEPATITIS; PATHOGENS;

VIRUSES;

POLYPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

HEPATITIS;

CELL CULTURE; CHIMPANZEE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA REPLICATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PAN (APE);

EID: 23944476834     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04077     Document Type: Review

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