Today, many thousands of recombinant proteins, ranging from cytosolic enzymes to
membrane-bound proteins, have been successfully produced in baculovirus-infected insect …

Baculovirus has been widely used for the production of recombinant proteins in insect cells.
Since the finding that baculovirus can efficiently transduce mammalian cells, the …

The conservation of positively charged residues in the N terminus of the hepatitis C virus
(HCV) envelope glycoprotein E2 suggests an interaction of the viral envelope with cell …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection afflicts more than 170 million people worldwide, with the
great majority of patients with acute hepatitis C developing chronic HCV infection. It can …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), an important human pathogen, is an enveloped, positive-stranded
RNA virus classified in the hepacivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family. Cell attachment of …

Viral particles of human severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS CoV) consist
of three virion structural proteins, including spike protein, membrane protein, and envelope …

Virus-like particles (VLPs) are multiprotein structures that resemble the conformation of
native viruses but lack a viral genome, potentiating their application as safer and cheaper …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic hepatitis worldwide. Interaction of
dendritic cells (DCs) with viral particles may play an important role in the …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia may occur in persons without detectable HCV antibodies
and has been reported in as many as 5.5% of HIV-positive persons. To better characterize …

Antioxidant enzymes, including heme oxygenase (HO)-1, are an important line of defense
against oxidant-mediated liver injury. Because hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection appears to …