Nucleic acid construct comprising nucleic acid derived from genome of hepatitis c virus of genotype 1b, hepatitis c virus genome-replicating cells transfected with the same, and method for producing infectious hepatitis c virus particles

A nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:

• 1 in the Sequence Listing, provided that when the nucleic acid is RNA, thymine (T) in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 1 shall be read as uracil (U).

A nucleic acid comprising the 5′ untranslated region consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 1 to 341, the NS3 protein-encoding nucleotide sequence consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 3420 to 5312, the NS4A protein-encoding nucleotide sequence consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 5313 to 5474, the NS4B protein-encoding nucleotide sequence consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 5475 to 6257, the NS5A protein-encoding nucleotide sequence consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 6258 to 7598, the NS5B protein-encoding nucleotide sequence consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 7599 to 9374, and the 3′ untranslated region consisting of the sequence of nucleotide numbers from 9375 to 9607, of SEQ ID NO:

• 1 in the Sequence Listing, provided that when the nucleic acid is RNA, thymine (T) in the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:
• 1 shall be read as uracil (U).