Characterization of the nuclear localization signal and subcellular distribution of hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein NS5A

Gene

Volumn 182, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-211

  Ide, Yoshihiro ^a,d   Zhang, Luwen ^a,e   Chen, Min ^a   Inchauspe, Genevieve ^b   Bahl, Chander ^c,f   Sasaguri, Yasuyuki ^d   Padmanabhan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Ortho McNeil Pharmaceutical Incorporated   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f Direct Access Diagnostics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic retention; Hepatitis C virus; Recombinant vaccinia virus; T7 RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOPLASM; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLORHINI; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA VIRUSES; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MAMMALIA; VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0030571476     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00555-0     Document Type: Article

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