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Genotype-dependent sensitivity of hepatitis C virus to inhibitors of the p7 ion channel.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 2008
Griffin Stephen, Stgelais Corine, Owsianka Ania M, Patel Arvind H, Rowlands David, Harris Mark
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) p7 protein plays a critical role during particle formation in cell culture and is required for virus replication in chimpanzees. The discovery that it displayed cation channel activity in vitro led to its classification within the "viroporin" family of virus-coded ion channel proteins, which includes the influenza A virus (IAV) M2 protein. Like M2, p7 was proposed as a...
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