Characterization of a soluble stable human cytomegalovirus protease and inhibition by M-site peptide mimics

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 4819-4824

  Lafemina, Robert L ^a   Bakshi, Kalpana ^a   Long, William J ^a   Pramanik, Barnali ^a   Veloski, Charlotte A ^a   Wolanski, Bohdan S ^a   Marcy, Alice I ^a   Hazuda, Daria J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029951828     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.7.4819-4824.1996     Document Type: Article

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