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Response of hepatitis C virus to long-term passage in the presence of alpha interferon: multiple mutations and a common phenotype.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2013
Perales Celia, Beach Nathan M, Gallego Isabel, Soria Maria Eugenia, Quer Josep, Esteban Juan Ignacio, Rice Charles, Domingo Esteban, Sheldon Julie
Abstract excerpt
Cell culture-produced hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been subjected to up to 100 serial passages in human hepatoma cells in the absence or presence of different doses of alpha interferon (IFN-α). Virus survival, genetic changes, fitness levels, and phenotypic traits have been examined. While high in...
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