In vitro studies on the activation of the hepatitis C virus NS3 proteinase by the NS4A cofactor

Virology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-66

  Koch, Jan Oliver ^a   Lohmann, Volker ^a   Herian, Ulrike ^a   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; PROTEINASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0030198933     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0352     Document Type: Article

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