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. 1990 Dec;87(24):9524–9528. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.24.9524

Molecular cloning of the human hepatitis C virus genome from Japanese patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis.

N Kato 1, M Hijikata 1, Y Ootsuyama 1, M Nakagawa 1, S Ohkoshi 1, T Sugimura 1, K Shimotohno 1
PMCID: PMC55204  PMID: 2175903

Abstract

The nucleotide sequence of the Japanese type of hepatitis C virus (HCV-J) genome, consisting of 9413 nucleotides, was determined by analyses of cDNA clones from plasma specimens from Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis. HCV-J genome contains a long open reading frame that can encode a sequence of 3010 amino acid residues. Comparison of HCV-J with the American isolate of HCV showed 22.6% difference in nucleotide sequence and 15.1% difference in amino acid sequence. Thus HCV-J and the American isolate of HCV are probably different subtypes of HCV. The relationship of HCV-J with other animal RNA virus families and the putative organization of the HCV-J genome are discussed.

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