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SCIENCE
Volume 309, Issue 5734, Pages 623-626Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1114016
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- Medical Research Council [G0400802] Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [CA57973, CA10702, CA85883] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI51820, AI50798, AI40034] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK70497] Funding Source: Medline
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Many aspects of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) life cycle have not been reproduced in cell culture, which has slowed research progress on this important human pathogen. Here, we describe a full-length HCV genome that replicates and produces virus particles that are infectious in cell culture (HCVcc). Replication of HCVcc was robust, producing nearly 10(5) infectious units per milliliter within 48 hours. Virus particles were filterable and neutralized with a monoclonal antibody against the viral glycoprotein E2. Viral entry was dependent on cellular expression of a putative HCV receptor, CD81. HCVcc replication was inhibited by interferon-alpha and by several HCV-specific antiviral compounds, suggesting that this in vitro system will aid in the search for improved antivirals.
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