Mutations in hepatitis C virus p7 reduce both the egress and infectivity of assembled particles via impaired proton channel function

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 94, Issue PART10, 2013, Pages 2236-2248

  Bentham, Matthew J ^a   Foster, Toshana L ^a   McCormick, C ^b   Griffin, Stephen ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS P7 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIRION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MUTATION; PROTONS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84884179566     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.054338-0     Document Type: Article

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