The N-terminal Helical Region of the Hepatitis C Virus p7 Ion Channel Protein Is Critical for Infectious Virus Production

• Margaret A. Scull ,

  * E-mail: mscull@rockefeller.edu (MAS); ricec@rockefeller.edu (CMR)

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• William M. Schneider,

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Brenna R. Flatley ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenna R. Flatley, Robert Hayden

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Robert Hayden ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brenna R. Flatley, Robert Hayden

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Canny Fung,

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Christopher T. Jones,

  Current Address: Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research, Emeryville, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Marieke van de Belt,

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• François Penin,

  Affiliation Bases Moléculaires et Structurales des Systèmes Infectieux, IBCP, Labex Ecofect, Université Lyon 1, France; CNRS, UMR 5086, Lyon, France

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• Charles M. Rice

  * E-mail: mscull@rockefeller.edu (MAS); ricec@rockefeller.edu (CMR)

  Affiliation Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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