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Analysis of the Enzymatic Activity of an NS3 Helicase Genotype 3a Variant Sequence Obtained from a Relapse Patient.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Provazzi Paola J S, Mukherjee Sourav, Hanson Alicia M, Nogueira Mauricio L, Carneiro Bruno M, Frick David N, Rahal Paula
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a species of diverse genotypes that infect over 170 million people worldwide, causing chronic inflammation, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. HCV genotype 3a is common in Brazil, and it is associated with a relatively poor response to current direct-acting antiviral therapies. The HCV NS3 protein cleaves part of the HCV polyprotein, and cellular antiviral proteins. It is...
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