The ins and outs of hepatitis C virus entry and assembly

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 688-700

  Lindenbach, Brett D ^a   Rice, Charles M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD81; ENDOSOMES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION; VIRUS RELEASE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84884283137     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3098     Document Type: Review

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