Determinants of substrate specificity in the NS3 serine proteinase of the hepatitis C virus

Virology

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-88

  Koch, Jan Oliver ^a   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030699529     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8760     Document Type: Article

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