TY  - BOOK
AU  - Noha Samir Farag
AU  - Hans Georg Breitinger , 
AU  - Mohammed Elazizi , 
TI  - Molecular characterization of the P7 protein of the hepatitic C virus as intracellular modulator and direct antiviral target / 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cairo : 
PB  - Noha Samir Farag , 
KW  - Hepatitic C virus
KW  - Intracellular modulator
KW  - Molecular characterization
N1  - Thesis (Ph.D.) - German University - Faculty of Postgraduate Studies and Scientific Research - Department of Microbiology
N2  - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of acute and chronic liver disease with more than 3% of the world's population infected and more than 170 million chronic carriers at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and/or liver cancer. Although new treatment have been introduced, the search for new anti-viral targets is still a major necessity especially in Egypt where 18% of the population is infected. HCV P7, a 63-residue transmembrane protein belonging to the family of viropoins has been introduced recently as a new antiviral target. The precise mechanism as to how p7 functions as an ion channcel and its contribution to the virus life cycle is still elusive
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