Hepatitis C Virus E2 Protein Ectodomain Is Essential for Assembly of Infectious Virions

The Hepatitis C virus E1 and E2 envelope proteins are the major players in all events required for virus entry into target cells. In addition, the recently developed HCV cell culture system has indicated that E1E2 heterodimer formation is a prerequisite for viral particle production. In this paper,...

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Main Authors: Alessia Bianchi, Stefania Crotta, Michela Brazzoli, Steven K. H. Foung, Marcello Merola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/968161