Expression and characterization of the hepatitis G virus helicase

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-26

  Laxton, C D ^a   McMillan, D ^a   Sullivan, V ^a   Ackrill, A M ^a  

^a Roche Discovery Welwyn ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flaviviridae; Helicase; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis G virus

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; VIRUS ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031824880     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1998.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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