Hepatitis C Virus P7—A Viroporin Crucial for Virus Assembly and an Emerging Target for Antiviral Therapy

The hepatitis C virus (HCV), a hepatotropic plus-strand RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae, encodes a set of 10 viral proteins. These viral factors act in concert with host proteins to mediate virus entry, and to coordinate RNA replication and virus production. Recent evidence has highlighted the...

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Main Authors: Eike Steinmann, Thomas Pietschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-09-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
HCV
p7
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/2/9/2078/