Quantitative analysis of the hepatitis C virus replication complex

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 13594-13605

  Quinkert, Doris ^a   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^a   Lohmann, Volker ^a  

^a Department Molecular Virology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; POLYPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPLICON; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS REPLICATION COMPLEX;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 27144513392     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.21.13594-13605.2005     Document Type: Article

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