Expression and characterization of recombinant murine cytomegalovirus protease

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 7114-7118

  Sloan, John H ^a   Loutsch, Jeannette M ^a   Boyce, Sharon Y ^a   Holwerda, Barry C ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030763041     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.7114-7118.1997     Document Type: Article

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