Hepatitis C Virus is a positive, single stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family. The genome is approximately 10,000 nucleotides and encodes a single polyprotein of about 3,000 amino acids. The polyprotein is processed by host cell and viral proteases into three major structural proteins and several non structural proteins necessary for viral replication. NS5 (non structural protein 5) may play a role inthe viral RNA replication of the Hepatitis C virus). Alternative Names: HCV protein, Hepatitis C Virus protein, HCV Recombinant protein, Hepatitis C virus NS5 protein, Hep C protein