NUCLEIC ACID AND GENE DERIVED FROM NOVEL HCV STRAIN AND REPLICON-REPLICATING CELL USING SAID GENE

摘要

The present invention relates to a gene derived from a novel fulminanthepatitis C virusstrain, an HCV replicon RNA with a high replication efficiency obtained usingthe gene, andan HCV replicon-replicating cell transfected with the replicon RNA. When theHCVreplicon RNA and the HCV replicon-replicating cell of the present inventionare used, HCVproteins can be continuously produced in a large amount.