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Signal Peptide Peptidase Cleavage of GB Virus B Core Protein Is Required for Productive Infection in Vivo
2 Aug 2006
Abstract excerpt
Chronic infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of liver disease for which better therapies are urgently needed. Because a clearer understanding of the viral life cycle may suggest novel anti-viral approaches, we studied the role of host signal peptide peptidase (SPP) in viral infection. This intramembrane protease cleaves within a C-terminal signal sequence in the viral core protein, but the...
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