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Evasion of superinfection exclusion and elimination of primary viral RNA by an adapted strain of hepatitis C virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 2013
Webster Brian, Ott Melanie, Greene Warner C
Abstract excerpt
Cells that are productively infected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) are refractory to a second infection by HCV via a block in viral replication known as superinfection exclusion. The block occurs at a postentry step and likely involves translation or replication of the secondary viral RNA, but the mechanism is largely unknown. To characterize HCV superinfection exclusion, we selected for an HCV variant that could...
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