Amphipathic α-Helices in Apolipoproteins Are Crucial to the Formation of Infectious Hepatitis C Virus Particles

• Takasuke Fukuhara ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takasuke Fukuhara, Masami Wada

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Masami Wada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Takasuke Fukuhara, Masami Wada

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Shota Nakamura,

  Affiliation Department of Infection Metagenomics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Chikako Ono,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Mai Shiokawa,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Satomi Yamamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Takashi Motomura,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Toru Okamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Daisuke Okuzaki,

  Affiliation DNA-Chip Developmental Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Masahiro Yamamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Immunoparasitology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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• Izumu Saito,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Takaji Wakita,

  Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Koike,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshiharu Matsuura

  * E-mail: matsuura@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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