Construction, expression, and characterization of a novel fully activated recombinant single-chain hepatitis C virus protease

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2143-2149

  Taremi, S Shane ^a   Beyer, Brian ^a   Maher, Maureen ^a   Yao, Nanhua ^a   Prosise, Winifred ^a   Weber, Patricia C ^a   Malcolm, Bruce A ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Kinetics; NS3; NS4A; Overexpression protease; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EUKARYOTA; FELIS CATUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0031789165     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071011     Document Type: Article

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