Seroconversion to hepatitis C virus alternate reading frame protein during acute infection
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Seroconversion to hepatitis C virus alternate reading frame protein during acute infection.
UNLABELLED The existence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins encoded by alternate reading frames overlapping the core-encoding region has been suggested. Several mechanisms of production have been postulated, and the functions of these proteins in the HCV life cycle remain unknown. We analyzed cases of seroconversion to an alternate reading frame protein in a group of 17 patients infected by on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.22821