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Hepatitis C virus p7 protein is directed to distinct intracellular membranes

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, March 13th, 2006

According to recent research from England, signal peptide cleavage and internal targeting signals direct the hepatitis C virus (HCV) p7 protein to distinct intracellular membranes.

"The HCV p7 protein forms an amantadine-sensitive ion channel required for viral replication in chimpanzees, though its precise role in the life cycle of HCV is unknown," wrote S. Griffin and colleagues, University of Leeds.

"In an attempt to gain 14 some insights into p7 function, we examined the intracellular localization of p7 using epitope tags and an anti-p7 peptide antibody, antibody 1055."

The researchers wrote, "Immunofluorescence labeling of p7...

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