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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2009; 15(12): 1480-1486
Published online Mar 28, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1480
Positional effect of mutations in 5'UTR of hepatitis C virus 4a on patients' response to therapy
Mostafa K El Awady, Hassan M Azzazy, Ahmed M Fahmy, Sherif M Shawky, Noha G Badreldin, Samar S Yossef, Moataza H Omran, Abdel Rahman N Zekri, Said A Goueli
Mostafa K El Awady, Ahmed M Fahmy, Noha G Badreldin, Samar S Yossef, Moataza H Omran, Department of Biomedical Technology, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt
Hassan M Azzazy, Sherif M Shawky, Department of Chemistry and Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center, the American University in Cairo, Cairo 11511, Egypt
Sherif M Shawky, Structural biology department, Free University of Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abdel Rahman N Zekri, National Cancer Institute, Cairo 11796, Egypt
Said A Goueli, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53711, United States
Author contributions: El Awady MK designed experiment, wrote manuscript; Azzazy HM wrote the manuscript, analyzed data; Fahmy AM, Shawky SM, Badreldin NG, Yossef SS and Omran MH performed research; Zekri ARN and Goueli SA analyzed data.
Correspondence to: Hassan M Azzazy, PhD, Department of Chemistry and Yousef Jameel Science and Technology Research Center, the American University in Cairo, 113 Kasr El-Aini Street, SSE Rm # 1194, Cairo 11511, Egypt. hazzazy@aucegypt.edu
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Received: October 29, 2008
Revised: February 19, 2009
Accepted: February 26, 2009
Published online: March 28, 2009
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