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Comparison of the rate of sequence variation in the hypervariable region of E2/NS1 region of hepatitis C virus in normal and hypogammaglobulinemic patients.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jan 1998
Booth J C, Kumar U, Webster D, Monjardino J, Thomas H C
Abstract excerpt
The hypervariable region (HVR) of the E2/NS1 region of hepatitis C virus (HCV) varies greatly between viral isolates with high rates of genomic change reported during the course of chronic infection. The HVR is thought to encode a structurally unconstrained envelope protein containing several linear B cell epitopes recognized by neutralizing antibody. It has been postulated that amino acid changes in the HVR...
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