The hepatitis C virus NS4A protein: Interactions with the NS4B and NS5A proteins

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 6465-6471

  Lin, Chao ^a   Wu, Jun Wei ^a   Hsiao, Kathy ^a   Su, Michael S S ^a  

^a VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0030860853     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.6465-6471.1997     Document Type: Article

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