Efficient amplification and cloning of near full-length hepatitis C virus genome from clinical samples

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 346, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1163-1172

  Fan, Xiaofeng ^a   Xu, Yanjuan ^a   Di Bisceglie, Adrian M ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Hepatitis C; Long RT PCR; Quasispecies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 33745333404     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.06.039     Document Type: Article

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