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Evolutionary dynamics of hepatitis C virus envelope genes during chronic infection.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jul 2005
Brown Richard J P, Juttla Vicky S, Tarr Alexander W, Finnis Rebecca, Irving William L, Hemsley Shelley, Flower Darren R, Borrow Persephone, Ball Jonathan K
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2 are important targets for the host immune response. The genes encoding these proteins exhibit a high degree of variability that gives rise to differing phenotypic traits, including alterations in receptor-binding affinity and immune recognition and escape. In order to elucidate patterns of adaptive evolution during chronic infection, a panel of full-length...
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