Generation of a cell culture-adapted hepatitis C virus with longer half life at physiological temperature.

BACKGROUND: We previously reported infectious HCV clones that contain the convenient reporters, green fluorescent protein (GFP) and Renilla luciferase (Rluc), in the NS5a-coding sequence. Although these viruses were useful in monitoring viral proliferation and screening of anti-HCV drugs, the infect...

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Main Authors: Chon Saeng Kim, Sun Ju Keum, Sung Key Jang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3150383?pdf=render