Evidence for a complex mosaic genome pattern in a full-length hepatitis C virus sequence

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Volumn 2008, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-254

  Ross, R Stefan ^a,b   Verbeeck, J ^a,b   Viazov, S ^a   Lemey, P ^b   Van Ranst, M ^b   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flaviviruses; Hepatitis C virus; Phylogeny programs; Recombination; Recombination analysis software; Sequence AY651061

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOSAIC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

DENGUE VIRUS; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 55349137406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11769343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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