Characterization of hypervariable regions in the putative envelope protein of hepatitis C virus

Isolation of a cDNA cLone Derived from a Blood-Borne Non-A, Non-B Viral Hepatitis Genome

Qui‐Lim Choo, George Kuo, Amy J. Weiner et al. · Science · 1989 · 6.9K citations

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An Assay for Circulating Antibodies to a Major Etiologic Virus of Human Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

George Kuo, Q L Choo, Harrison Alter et al. · Science · 1989 · 3.4K citations

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Variable and hypervariable domains are found in the regions of HCV corresponding to the flavivirus envelope and NS1 proteins and the pestivirus envelope glycoproteins

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Full-length sequence of a hepatitis C virus genome having poor homology to reported isolates: Comparative study of four distinct genotypes

Hiroaki Okamoto, Kiyohiko Kurai, Shunichi Okada et al. · Virology · 1992 · 580 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +14

Nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of hepatitis C virus isolated from a human carrier: comparison with reported isolates for conserved and divergent regions

Hiroaki Okamoto, S Okada, Yuichi Sugiyama et al. · Journal of General Virology · 1991 · 477 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +15