Genetic variability and characterization of non-structural region 5 of hepatitis C virus genome from Chinese patients.

doi:10.1007/s005350050046

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Genetic variability and characterization of non-structural region 5 of hepatitis C virus genome from Chinese patients.

Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Feb 1998

Wei L, Wang Y, Du S, Wang H, Tao Q

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Sequence variation in the putative non-structural region 5b (NS5b) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) was analyzed in China. Complementary DNA fragments from sera of 49 Chinese patients were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the products were cloned and sequenced. Based on the comparison i...

Topics

Adult
Asian People
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
Female
Genotype
Hepacivirus
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Transcription, Genetic

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