Regulated processing of hepatitis C virus core protein is linked to subcellular localization

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 657-662

  Liu, Qingyan ^a   Tackney, Charles ^a   Bhat, Ramesh A ^b   Prince, Alfred M ^a   Zhang, Pei ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031060106     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.1.657-662.1997     Document Type: Article

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