Enhancement of hepatitis C virus NS3 proteinase activity by association with NS4A-Specific synthetic peptides: Identification of sequence and critical residues of NS4A for the cofactor activity

Virology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 328-338

  Butkiewicz, Nancy J ^a   Wendel, Michelle ^a   Zhang, Rumin ^a   Jubin, Ronald ^a   Pichardo, John ^a   Smith, Elizabeth B ^a   Hart, Andrea M ^a   Ingram, Richard ^a   Durkin, James ^a   Mui, Philip W ^a   Murray, Michael G ^a   Ramanathan, Lata ^a   Dasmahapatra, Bimalendu ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030589011     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0607     Document Type: Article

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