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Analysis of functional differences between hepatitis C virus NS5A of genotypes 1-7 in infectious cell culture systems.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2012
Scheel Troels K H, Prentoe Jannick, Carlsen Thomas H R, Mikkelsen Lotte S, Gottwein Judith M, Bukh Jens
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important cause of chronic liver disease. Several highly diverse HCV genotypes exist with potential key functional differences. The HCV NS5A protein was associated with response to interferon (IFN)-α based therapy, and is a primary target of currently developed directly-acting antiviral compounds. NS5A is important for replication and virus production, but has not been studied for...
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