Hepatitis C infection of B lymphocytes: More tools to address pending questions

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 977-980

  Stamataki, Zania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B cells; hepatitis C virus; IRES; occult infection; viral tropism

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CISTRON; DAUDI CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; LIVER CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RAJI CELL; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 77956478426     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/eri.10.86     Document Type: Note

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