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Different mechanisms of hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase activation by cyclophilin A and B in vitro.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Dec 2012
Weng Leiyun, Tian Xiao, Gao Yayi, Watashi Koichi, Shimotohno Kunitada, Wakita Takaji, Kohara Michinori, Toyoda Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cyclophilins (CyPs) are cellular proteins that are essential to hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication. Since cyclosporine A was discovered to inhibit HCV infection, the CyP pathway contributing to HCV replication is a potential attractive stratagem for controlling HCV infection. Among them, CyPA is accepted to interact with HCV nonstructural protein (NS) 5A, although interaction of CyPB and NS5B, an...
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