In vitro study of the NS2-3 protease of hepatitis c virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 6373-6380

  Pieroni, Luisa ^a   Santolini, Elisa ^a,b   Fipaldini, Cristina ^a   Pacini, Laura ^a   Migliaccio, Giovanni ^a   La Monica, Nicola ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE LYSATE; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0030861240     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.9.6373-6380.1997     Document Type: Article

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