Adaptation of Hepatitis C Virus to Mouse CD81 Permits Infection of Mouse Cells in the Absence of Human Entry Factors

Julia Bitzegeio; Dorothea Bankwitz; Kathrin Hueging; Sibylle Haid; Christiane Brohm; Mirjam B. Zeisel; Eva Herrmann; Marcus Iken; Michael Ott; Thomas F. Baumert; Thomas Pietschmann

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000978

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Adaptation of Hepatitis C Virus to Mouse CD81 Permits Infection of Mouse Cells in the Absence of Human Entry Factors

Julia Bitzegeio,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Dorothea Bankwitz,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Kathrin Hueging,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Sibylle Haid,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Christiane Brohm,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Mirjam B. Zeisel,

Affiliation Inserm, U748, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Eva Herrmann,

Affiliation Institute for Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Marcus Iken,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Germany, and Clinical Research Group Cell and Gene Therapy, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
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Michael Ott,

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Germany, and Clinical Research Group Cell and Gene Therapy, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany
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Thomas F. Baumert,

Affiliation Inserm, U748, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Thomas Pietschmann

* E-mail: thomas.pietschmann@twincore.de

Affiliation Division of Experimental Virology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research; a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Adaptation of Hepatitis C Virus to Mouse CD81 Permits Infection of Mouse Cells in the Absence of Human Entry Factors

Julia Bitzegeio,
Dorothea Bankwitz,
Kathrin Hueging,
Sibylle Haid,
Christiane Brohm,
Mirjam B. Zeisel,
Eva Herrmann,
Marcus Iken,
Michael Ott,
Thomas F. Baumert

Published: July 1, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000978

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