Conflicting selection pressures target the NS3 protein in hepatitis C virus genotypes 1a and 1b

Virus Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-207

  Irausquin, Stephanie Jiménez ^a   Hughes, Austin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8+ T lymphocytes; Hepatitis C virus; Natural selection; Sequence polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; POLYPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 72949096321     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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