The Hypervariable Region 1 of the E2 Glycoprotein of Hepatitis C Virus Binds to Glycosaminoglycans, but This Binding Does Not Lead to Infection in A Pseudotype System

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 4478-4486

  Basu, Arnab ^a   Beyene, Aster ^a   Meyer, Keith ^a   Ray, Ranjit ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LYASE; PRONASE; PROTEOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPERVARIABLE REGION 1; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLAQUE ASSAY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 2942709107     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.9.4478-4486.2004     Document Type: Article

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