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Additional glycosylation within a specific hypervariable region of subtype 3a of hepatitis C virus protects against virus neutralization.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2013
Anjum Sadia, Wahid Ahmed, Afzal Muhammad Sohail, Albecka Anna, Alsaleh Khaled, Ahmad Tahir, Baumert Thomas F, Wychowski Czeslaw, Qadri Ishtiaq, Penin François, Dubuisson Jean
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BACKGROUND: The envelope glycoprotein E2 of hepatitis C virus (HCV) contains several hypervariable regions. Interestingly, 2 regions of intragenotypic hypervariability within E2 have been described as being specific to HCV subtype 3a. Based on their amino acid position in E2, they were named HVR4...
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