Functional characterization of core genes from patients with acute hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 912-922

  Tang, Xi ^a   Wagoner, Jessica ^a   Negash, Amina ^a   Austin, Michael ^a   McLauchlan, John ^b   Hahn, Young S ^c   Rosen, Hugo R ^d   Polyak, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CORE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77749271195     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650699     Document Type: Article

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