Cloned genomes of infectious hepatitis C viruses and uses thereof
US6153421A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2770/24222
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention discloses nucleic acid sequences which encode infectious hepatitis C viruses and the use of these sequences, and polypeptides encoded by all or part of these sequences, in the development of vaccines and diagnostics for HCV and in the development of screening assays for the identification of antiviral agents for HCV.
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