A central hydrophobic domain of the hepatitis C virus NS4A protein is necessary and sufficient for the activation of the NS3 protease

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1065-1070

  Tomei, Licia ^a   Failla, Cristina ^a   Vitale, Rosa Letizia ^a   Bianchi, Elisabetta ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RABBIT; RETICULOCYTE;

EID: 0029940111     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-5-1065     Document Type: Article

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