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ArticleJournal of virological methods2010

Enhanced protocol for determining the 3' terminus of hepatitis C virus.

Xiaoan Zhang, Xiaofeng Fan, Yanjuan Xu, Adrian M Di Bisceglie

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Article in Journal of virological methods, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Viral categorization and discovery in human circulation by transcriptome sequencing.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiaoan ZhangDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Xiaofeng Fan
Yanjuan Xu
Adrian M Di Bisceglie

Funding

Hepatitis C Virus Quasispecies in the Resistance to Antiviral TherapyR01DK080711 · NIDDK · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI FAN, XIAOFENG · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
Cell Culture System for Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1aR21AI076834 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI DI BISCEGLIE, ADRIAN MICHAEL · 2008 to 2009
$404k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI076834NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK080711NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK80711
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The determination of viral 3' ends is a routine practice in molecular biology. However, this has been a challenging task for hepatitis C virus (HCV), an enveloped single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus classified into the Flaviviridae family. The extreme end of HCV 3' untranslated region (3'UTR), the so-called 3' X tail, was not identified at the time of HCV discovery. Complete HCV 3'UTR sequences occupy a very small percentage of the exponentially growing HCV sequence databases. Although commercial kits and experimental protocols are available, these methods are both tedious and not reproducible. A stepwise optimization procedure was developed as a simple and robust protocol for determining the complete HCV 3'UTR from clinical samples. The availability of abundant authentic sequence information for the complete HCV 3'UTR will allow full investigation of its biological role in the life cycle of HCV.

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3' Untranslated RegionsDNA PrimersHepacivirusHumansReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, ViralVirology3' Untranslated RegionsDNA PrimersRNA, Viral

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PMID20381536
PMCPMC2916046

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