The nonstructural proteins of the hepatitis C virus: Structure and functions

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 469-476

  Neddermann, Petra ^a   Tomei, Licia ^a   Steinkühler, Christian ^a   Gallinari, Paola ^a   Tramontano, Anna ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus, HCV; Nonstructural proteins; Polyprotein processing; RNA dependent RNA polymerase; Serine proteinase

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030748248     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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