Comparison of 5′ noncoding-core with 5′ noncoding regions of HCV by RT-PCR: Importance and clinical implications

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-211

  Verma, Vikas ^a,b   Chakravarti, Anita ^a,b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NUCLEIC ACID; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; TERMINAL OLIGOPYRIMIDINE TRACT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS ISOLATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIROLOGY;

EID: 48349125967     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9175-z     Document Type: Article

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