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Impact of intra- and interspecies variation of occludin on its function as coreceptor for authentic hepatitis C virus particles.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2011
Ciesek Sandra, Westhaus Sandra, Wicht Melanie, Wappler Ilka, Henschen Sylvana, Sarrazin Christoph, Hamdi Nabila, Abdelaziz Ahmed I, Strassburg Christian P, Wedemeyer Heiner, Manns Michael P, Pietschmann Thomas, von Hahn Thomas
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is characterized by a narrow host range and high interindividual variability in the clinical course of infection. Both of these traits are thought to be largely due to genetic variation between species and between individual hosts. The tight junction component occludin (OC...
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