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Analysis of mutant NS5B proteins encoded by isolates from chimpanzees chronically infected following clonal HCV RNA inoculation.
Virology - 5 Dec 2003
Lou Hong, Choi Youkyung Hwang, LaVoy John E, Major Marian E, Hagedorn Curt H
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesized that mutations in the HCV NS5B polymerase, which occur during infection, may affect RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) activity. NS5B proteins corresponding to a genotype 1a infectious clone and mutants identified in chimpanzees following inoculation with the clone were expressed and purified and their in vitro RdRp activity was compared to a NS5B genotype 1b control. A Gln-65-to-His mutation...
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