Construction of hepatitis C-SIN virus recombinants with replicative dependency on hepatitis C virus serine protease activity

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Cho, Young Gyu ^a   Moon, Hyun Sun ^a   Sung, Young Chul ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis C virus; NS3 4A; Protease; Recombinant; Sindbis

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYSTEINE; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHIONINE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SINDBIS VIRUS; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0031004331     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(97)02183-6     Document Type: Article

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