The hepatitis C virus core protein can modulate RNA-dependent RNA synthesis by the 2a polymerase

Virus Research

Volumn 189, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-176

  Wen, Y ^a   Cheng Kao, C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core protein; De novo initiated RNA synthesis; Genotype specific interaction; Hepatitis C virus; RNA dependent RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA; NS-5 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 2A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 3A; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 4A; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPLICON; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; VIRUS MUTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

CELL LINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84905961996     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: 18727492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.05.017     Document Type: Article

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