A new model to produce infectious hepatitis C virus without the replication requirement.
Numerous constraints significantly hamper the experimental study of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Robust replication in cell culture occurs with only a few strains, and is invariably accompanied by adaptive mutations that impair in vivo infectivity/replication. This problem complicates the production and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3077361?pdf=render |