Activity of purified hepatitis C virus protease NS3 on peptide substrates

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 6694-6700

  Steinkühler, Christian ^a   Urbani, Andrea ^a   Tomei, Licia ^a   Biasiol, Gabriella ^a   Sardana, Mohinder ^b   Bianchi, Elisabetta ^a   Pessi, Antonello ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0029814495     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.10.6694-6700.1996     Document Type: Article

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