Selection of RNA aptamers that bind specifically to the NS3 protease of hepatitis C virus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 130-138

  Urvil, Petri T ^a   Kakiuchi, Nobuko ^b   Zhou, De Min ^a,c   Shimotohno, Kunitada ^b   Kumar, Penmetcha K R ^a   Nishikawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aptamer; Hepatitis C virus; In vitro selection; NS3 protein; RNA

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030844452     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00130.x     Document Type: Article

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