Hepatitis C Virus
Reports outline hepatitis C virus study findings from T. Masaki and colleagues
Published in Biotech Business Week, October 20th, 2008
"Nonstructurall protein 5A (NS5A) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) possesses multiple and diverse functions in RNA replication, interferon resistance, and viral pathogenesis. Recent studies suggest that NS5A is involved in the assembly and maturation of infectious viral particles; however, precisely how NS5A participates in virus production has not been fully elucidated," investigators in Toyama, Japan report.
"In the present study, we demonstrate that NS5A is a prerequisite for HCV particle production as a result of its interaction with the viral capsid protein (core protein). The efficiency of virus production correlated well with the levels of interaction between NS5A...
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