Article
[Virology of hepatitis C virus].
Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 1 Jan 2000
Hofmann H
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) along with hepatitis G virus are members of the hepacivirus genus of the flavi-viridae family to which the flavi- and pestis viruses also belong. The HCV genome has only one ORF which is flanked by a 5' and 3' noncoding region. The ORF encodes for a single polyprotein, which is stepwise cleaved into the 3 structural proteins, core (C), envelope 1 and 2 (E1,2) as well as into 7...
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