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The 5' untranslated region of GB virus B shows functional similarity to the internal ribosome entry site of hepatitis C virus.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 1999
Grace Ken, Gartland Margaret, Karayiannis Peter, McGarvey Michael J, Clarke Berwyn
Abstract excerpt
Since its characterization in 1995, there has been increasing interest in the significance of GB virus B (GBV-B) due to its close phylogenetic relationship to hepatitis C virus (HCV). The genome of GBV-B is similar in length and organization to that of HCV and the two viruses share sequence similarity in their 5' untranslated regions (5'UTR). A secondary structure model of the GBV-B 5'UTR has been proposed by...
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