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Genetic diversity and response to IFN of the NS3 protease gene from clinical strains of the hepatitis C virus.
Archives of virology - 1 Jul 2002
Holland-Staley C A, Kovari L C, Golenberg E M, Pobursky K J, Mayers D L
Abstract excerpt
The N-terminal one-third of the hepatitis C virus nonstructural gene 3 (NS3) codes for a serine protease. To investigate natural genetic diversity of this enzyme a nested PCR reaction was developed to obtain NS3 protease sequence data directly from patient strains. This data was used to determine genetic diversity, phylogenetic and evolutionary rates, and selection of variants by interferon therapy. The potential...
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