Article
Characterization of the expression of the hepatitis C virus F protein.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2003
Roussel Juliette, Pillez André, Montpellier Claire, Duverlie Gilles, Cahour Annie, Dubuisson Jean, Wychowski Czeslaw
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important human pathogen that affects 170 million people worldwide. The HCV genome is approximately 9.6 kb in length and encodes a polyprotein that is proteolytically cleaved to generate at least 10 mature viral protein products. Recently, a new protein, named F, has been described to be expressed through a ribosomal frameshift within the capsid-encoding sequence, a mechanism unique...
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