title: Assembly of hepatitis C virus particles.
abstract: Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major risk factor for chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Once robust cell culture systems for production of recombinant infectious HCV became available, evidence on molecular mechanisms underlying assembly and release of the virus particles began to accumulate. Recent studies have demonstrated that lipid droplets and viral nonstructural proteins play key roles in HCV morphogenesis. This review considers the current knowledge about maturation of HCV structural proteins and production of viral infectious particles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan. tesuzuki@hama-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000502:physiology; D019251:Nucleocapsid / Q000502:physiology; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D014771:Virion / Q000502:physiology*; D019065:Virus Assembly
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins