Cleavage activity of hepatitis C virus serine proteinase

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 749-755

  Kakiuchi, Nobuko ^a   Komoda, Yasumasa ^a   Hijikata, Makoto ^b   Shimotohno, Kunitada ^b  

^a Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Protease inhibitor; Serine proteinase; Substrate specificity; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; COPPER ION; EDETIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; ZINC;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030712237     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021819     Document Type: Article

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