A model for the study of hepatitis C virus entry
✍ Scribed by Valérie Castet; Darius Moradpour
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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✦ Synopsis
The study of hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major cause of chronic liver disease, has been hampered by the lack of a cell culture system
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