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An adaptive mutation in NS2 is essential for efficient production of infectious 1b/2a chimeric hepatitis C virus in cell culture.
Virology - 20 Jan 2012
Chan Katie, Cheng Guofeng, Beran Rudolf K F, Yang Huiling, Appleby Todd C, Pokrovskii Maria V, Mo Hongmei, Zhong Weidong, Delaney William E
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The development of JFH1 based intergenotypic recombinants which exploit the unique replication characteristics of JFH1 has made it possible to study infectious HCV encoding the structural genes of additional HCV genotypes including genotype 1b. Although, intergenotypic 1b/2a chimeric genomes replicate efficiently in transfected cells they produce very low viral titers, limiting the utility of this system. Here,...
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