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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Raffaele DE Francesco, Rome, IT;
Licia Tomei, Rome, IT;
Sven-erik Behrens, Weimar, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/48 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the molecular biology and virology of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). An object of the present invention is a method to reproduce in vitro the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity of HCV that makes use of sequences contained in the HCV NS5B protein.