The NS3 proteinase domain of hepatitis C virus is a zinc-containing enzyme

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2881-2886

  Stempniak, Mariusz ^a   Hostomska, Zuzana ^a   Nodes, Beverly R ^a   Hostomsky, Zdenek ^a  

^a AGOURON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COBALT; COPPER ION; DIVALENT CATION; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL ION; PROTEINASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0030933215     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.4.2881-2886.1997     Document Type: Article

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