The hepatitis C virus life cycle as a target for new antiviral therapies

JM Pawlotsky, S Chevaliez, JG McHutchison - Gastroenterology, 2007 - Elsevier
The burden of disease consequent to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been well
described and is expected to increase dramatically over the next decade. Current approved …

From structure to function: new insights into hepatitis C virus RNA replication

N Appel, T Schaller, F Penin… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
With an estimated number of about 180 million affected people worldwide and a limited
therapy option, infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) 2 is an important medical problem …

Cyclophilin B is a functional regulator of hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase

K Watashi, N Ishii, M Hijikata, D Inoue, T Murata… - Molecular cell, 2005 - cell.com
Viruses depend on host-derived factors for their efficient genome replication. Here, we
demonstrate that a cellular peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase), cyclophilin B …

The global and local distribution of RNA structure throughout the SARS-CoV-2 genome

RCA Tavares, G Mahadeshwar, H Wan… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of
COVID-19, the disease at the center of the current global pandemic. While knowledge of …

Cis-acting RNA elements in human and animal plus-strand RNA viruses

Y Liu, E Wimmer, AV Paul - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2009 - Elsevier
The RNA genomes of plus-strand RNA viruses have the ability to form secondary and higher-
order structures that contribute to their stability and to their participation in inter-and …

[HTML][HTML] The coding region of the HCV genome contains a network of regulatory RNA structures

N Pirakitikulr, A Kohlway, BD Lindenbach, AM Pyle - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
RNA is a versatile macromolecule that accommodates functional information in primary
sequence and secondary and tertiary structure. We use a combination of chemical probing …

Functionally conserved architecture of hepatitis C virus RNA genomes

DM Mauger, M Golden, D Yamane… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects over 170 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of
liver disease and cancer. The virus has a 9,650-nt, single-stranded, messenger-sense RNA …

RNase L releases a small RNA from HCV RNA that refolds into a potent PAMP

K Malathi, T Saito, N Crochet, DJ Barton, M Gale… - Rna, 2010 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Triggering and propagating an intracellular innate immune response is essential for control
of viral infections. RNase L is a host endoribonuclease and a pivotal component of innate …

Cellular and molecular biology of HCV infection and hepatitis

H Tang, H Grisé - Clinical science, 2009 - portlandpress.com
HCV (hepatitis C virus) infects nearly 3% of the population worldwide and has emerged as a
major causative agent of liver disease, resulting in acute and chronic infections that can lead …

The hepatitis C virus alternate reading frame (ARF) and its family of novel products: the alternate reading frame protein/F-protein, the double-frameshift protein, and …

AD Branch, DD Stump, JA Gutierrez… - Seminars in liver …, 2005 - thieme-connect.com
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) has an alternate reading frame (ARF) that overlaps the core
protein gene. The overlapping reading frame distinguishes HCV from all of its known viral …