TY - JOUR AU - Floden, Evan W. AU - Khawaja, Anas AU - Vopálenský, Václav AU - Pospíšek, Martin PY - 2016 DA - 2016/08/15 TI - HCVIVdb: The hepatitis-C IRES variation database JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 187 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Sequence variability in the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome has led to the development and classification of six genotypes and a number of subtypes. The HCV 5′ untranslated region mainly comprises an internal ribosomal entry site (IRES) responsible for cap-independent synthesis of the viral polyprotein and is conserved among all HCV genotypes. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0804-6 DO - 10.1186/s12866-016-0804-6 ID - Floden2016 ER -