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Down-regulation of IRES containing 5'UTR of HCV genotype 3a using siRNAs.
Virology journal - 13 May 2011
Khaliq Saba, Jahan Shah, Pervaiz Asim, Ali Ashfaq Usman, Hassan Sajida
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major causative agent of liver associated diseases leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) all over the world and genotype-3a responsible for most of the cases in Pakistan. Due to the limited efficiency of current chemotherapy of interferon-α (IFN-α) and ribavirin against HCV infection alternative options are desperately needed out of which the...
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