Positional effect of mutations in 5'UTR of hepatitis C virus 4a on patients' response to therapy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1480-1486

  El Awady, Mostafa K ^a   Azzazy, Hassan M ^b   Fahmy, Ahmed M ^a   Shawky, Sherif M ^b,c   Badreldin, Noha G ^a   Yossef, Samar S ^a   Omran, Moataza H ^a   Zekri, Abdel Rahman N ^d   Goueli, Said A ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain III; Genotype 4a; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon therapy; Internal ribosome entry sequences; Ribosomal subunit; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STABILITY; VIRUS STRAIN; ADOLESCENT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBAVIRIN; RIBOSOMES; RNA, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549128654     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1480     Document Type: Article

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