In vivo analysis of the 3′ untranslated region of GB virus B after in vitro mutagenesis of an infectious cDNA clone: Persistent infection in a transfected tamarin

Journal of Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 9389-9399

  Nam, Jae Hwan ^a,d   Faulk, Kristina ^a   Engle, Ronald E ^a   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^c   St Claire, Marisa ^b   Bukh, Jens ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BIOQUAL INC   (United States)

^c RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^d Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS B; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, VIRAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; POLY U; POLYPROTEINS; SAGUINUS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 4143133196     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.9389-9399.2004     Document Type: Article

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