Cloning, expression, characterization of the proteinase from human herpesvirus 6

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4136-4141

  Tigue, Natalie J ^a   Matharu, Philip J ^a   Roberts, Noel A ^b   Mills, John S ^b   Kay, John ^a   Jupp, Ray ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0029992367     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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