Identification of in vivo interaction between Hepatitis C Virus core protein and 5′ and 3′ UTR RNA

Virus Research

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-292

  Yu, Kyung Lee ^a   Jang, Soo In ^a   You, Ji Chang ^a  

^a National Research Laboratory of Molecular Virology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

3 UTR X region; 5 UTR; Core protein; Hepatitis C Virus; Protein RNA interaction

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 70349243065     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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