The Phospholipid:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Lro1 Is Responsible for Hepatitis C Virus Core-Induced Lipid Droplet Formation in a Yeast Model System

• Shingo Iwasa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shingo Iwasa, Naoko Sato

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, 981–8558, Japan

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• Naoko Sato ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shingo Iwasa, Naoko Sato

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, 981–8558, Japan, Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8578, Japan

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• Chao-Wen Wang,

  Affiliation Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan

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• Yun-Hsin Cheng,

  Affiliation Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan

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• Hayato Irokawa,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, 981–8558, Japan

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• Gi-Wook Hwang,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8578, Japan

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• Akira Naganuma,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, 980–8578, Japan

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• Shusuke Kuge

  * E-mail: skuge@tohoku-mpu.ac.jp; skuge@tohoku-pharm.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Miyagi, 981–8558, Japan

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