Sequence comparison and phylogenetic analysis of core gene of hepatitis C virus from Pakistani population

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 4561-4567

  Waheed, Yasir ^a   Tahir, Sadia ^a   Ahmad, Tahir ^a   Qadri, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Core; Hepatitis C virus; Pakistan; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAKISTAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 77954987253     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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