Enzymatic characterization of hepatitis C virus NS3/4A complexes expressed in mammalian cells by using the herpes simplex virus amplicon system

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 4261-4268

  Hong, Zhi ^a   Ferrari, Eric ^a   Wright Minogue, Jacquelyn ^a   Chase, Robert ^a   Risano, Christine ^a   Seelig, Gail ^a   Lee, Chee Gun ^b   Kwong, Ann D ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RNA HELICASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON A NON B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0029950090     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.7.4261-4268.1996     Document Type: Article

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