Inhibition of the replication of hepatitis C virus replicon with nuclease-resistant RNA aptamers

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1634-1639

  Shin, Kyung Sook ^a   Lim, Jong Hoon ^a   Kim, Jung Hye ^a   Myung, Heejoon ^b   Lee, Seong Wook ^a  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HCV; HCV replicon; NS5B RNA replicase; Nuclease resistant RNA aptamer; SELEX

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; NUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; COMBINATORIAL LIBRARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPLICON; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33751060148     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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