The hepatitis C virus RNA 3′-untranslated region strongly enhances translation directed by the internal ribosome entry site

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11579-11588

  Song, Yutong ^a   Friebe, Peter ^b   Tzima, Eleni ^a   Jünemann, Christiane ^a   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^b   Niepmann, Michael ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CELL LINE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33751203577     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00675-06     Document Type: Article

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