Hepatitis C virus molecular clones: from cDNA to infectious virus particles in cell culture

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 416-422

  Bartenschlager, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA;

CELL CULTURE; GENE REPLICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; REPLICON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; REPLICON; RNA, VIRAL;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33746296449     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.06.012     Document Type: Review

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