Analysis of diversity of hepatitis C virus glycoproteins E1 and E2

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) exists as a population of sequence variants that evolves during infection adapting to host pressures. The main targets for the immune response are the envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2, which also mediate viral cell entry. The first hypervariable region (HVR1) of E2, previousl...

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Main Author: Hudson, Natalia Joanna
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12644/