Apolipoprotein E Mediates Attachment of Clinical Hepatitis C Virus to Hepatocytes by Binding to Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan Receptors

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Jieyun Jiang,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America
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Xianfang Wu,

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Hengli Tang,

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Guangxiang Luo

* E-mail: gluo@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Peking University College of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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