Restricted quasispecies variation following infection with the GB virus B

Virus Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 181-186

  McGarvey, Michael Joseph ^a   Iqbal, Mohammed ^a   Nastos, Theodoros ^a   Karayiannis, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Envelope 2; GB virus B; Hepatitis; Hypervariable region; Sequence variability

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPLICON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS B; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; LEONTOPITHECUS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B;

EID: 44349180804     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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