Hepatitis C virus p7 protein is crucial for assembly and release of infectious virions.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with chronic liver disease and currently affects about 3% of the world population. Although much has been learned about the function of individual viral proteins, the role of the HCV p7 protein in virus replication is not known. Recent data, however, s...

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Main Authors: Eike Steinmann, Francois Penin, Stephanie Kallis, Arvind H Patel, Ralf Bartenschlager, Thomas Pietschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1924870?pdf=render