Hepatitis C virus core protein: intriguing properties and functional relevance
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Hepatitis C virus core protein: intriguing properties and functional relevance.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) often causes a prolonged and persistent infection, and an association between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and HCV infection has been noted. The pathogenesis of liver damage is at least in part related to virus-mediated factors. Understanding the molecular basis of pathogenesis is a major challenge in gaining insight into HCV-associated disease progression. Recent expe...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0378-1097,1574-6968
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10796.x