A hydrophobic heptad repeat of the core protein of woodchuck hepatitis virus is required for capsid assembly

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 7085-7091

  Yu, Minshu ^a   Miller, Roger H ^a   Emerson, Suzanne ^a   Purcell, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

EID: 0029794294     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.10.7085-7091.1996     Document Type: Article

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