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Mutations in the E2-PePHD and NS5A region of hepatitis C virus type 1 and the dynamics of hepatitis C viremia decline during interferon alfa treatment.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 2000
Berg T, Mas Marques A, Höhne M, Wiedenmann B, Hopf U, Schreier E
Abstract excerpt
Both a double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR)-phosphorylation homology domain (PePHD) within the E2 protein and a PKR-binding domain within the nonstructural 5A (NS5A) protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 isolates inhibit the function of the interferon alfa (IFN-alpha)-induced antiviral effector protein PKR in vitro. We investigated whether the mutational pattern of the E2 region (codons...
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