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Generation of a cell culture-adapted hepatitis C virus with longer half life at physiological temperature.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Kim Chon Saeng, Keum Sun Ju, Jang Sung Key
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We previously reported infectious HCV clones that contain the convenient reporters, green fluorescent protein (GFP) and Renilla luciferase (Rluc), in the NS5a-coding sequence. Although these viruses were useful in monitoring viral proliferation and screening of anti-HCV drugs, the infectivity and yield of the viruses were low. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In order to obtain a highly efficient HCV...
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