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J W Shih

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Umemura T, Alter H, Tanaka E, Yeo A, Shih J, Orii K, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2001 Oct; 184(10):1246-51. PMID: 11679912
There is a strong association between 2 SEN virus (SENV) variants (SENV-D and SENV-H) and transfusion-associated non-A-E hepatitis. In total, 200 subjects from a Japanese region where hepatitis C virus...
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Lin Y, Shih J, Hsu C, Lin J
J Biol Chem . 2001 Oct; 276(50):47671-4. PMID: 11585819
The protein Cdc13p binds telomeres in vivo and is essential for the maintenance of the telomeres of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In addition, Cdc13p is known to bind single-stranded TG(1-3) DNA in...
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Shibata M, Wang R, Yoshiba M, Shih J, Alter H, Mitamura K
J Infect Dis . 2001 Jul; 184(4):400-4. PMID: 11471096
The existence of the newly discovered SEN virus (SENV) was investigated in 379 Japanese patients with liver diseases and in 277 blood donors, to determine whether SENV is associated with...
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Yeo A, Ghany M, Conry-Cantilena C, Melpolder J, Kleiner D, Shih J, et al.
J Viral Hepat . 2001 Jul; 8(4):256-63. PMID: 11454176
This study examines the relationship between HCV-RNA levels and disease severity in 60 individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. HCV-RNA levels were quantified by the branched DNA (bDNA) assay...
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Lin Y, Shih J, Hsu C, Lin J
Anal Biochem . 2001 Jun; 294(1):44-7. PMID: 11412004
Production of recombinant proteins can be valuable in studying their biological functions. However, recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli sometimes form undesirable insoluble aggregates. Solubilization and renaturation of these aggregates...
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Umemura T, Yeo A, Sottini A, Moratto D, Tanaka Y, Wang R, et al.
Hepatology . 2001 May; 33(5):1303-11. PMID: 11343260
SEN virus (SEN-V) is a recently identified single-stranded, circular DNA virus. Two SEN-V variants (SENV-D and SENV-H) were assayed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to investigate their role in the...
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Lin Y, Hsu C, Shih J, Lin J
J Biol Chem . 2001 Apr; 276(27):24588-93. PMID: 11309395
Cdc13p is a single strand telomere-binding protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae; its telomere-binding region is within amino acids 451-693, Cdc13(451-693)p. In this study, we used purified Cdc13p and Cdc13(451-693)p to characterize...
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Lo S, Levin L, Ribas J, Chung R, Wang R, Wear D, et al.
Epidemiol Infect . 2001 Feb; 125(3):609-16. PMID: 11218212
Mycoplasma firmentans is suspected in the development of 'Gulf War illness' in veterans of Operation Desert Storm. We conducted a matched case-control study for the prevalence of M. firmentans-specific antibodies...
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Tanaka Y, Primi D, Wang R, Umemura T, Yeo A, Mizokami M, et al.
J Infect Dis . 2001 Jan; 183(3):359-67. PMID: 11133366
A new group of transmissible single-stranded (ss) DNA viruses (SENV) distantly related to the large TT virus (TTV) family was recently identified. Eight different SENV isolates have been found, some...
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Yeo A, Matsumoto A, Hisada M, Shih J, Alter H, Goedert J
Ann Intern Med . 2000 Jun; 132(12):959-63. PMID: 10858179
Background: Infection with hepatitis G virus (HGV), also known as GB virus C, is prevalent but is not known to be associated with any chronic disease. Infection with HGV may...