Rational design and functional expression of a constitutively active single-chain NS4A-NS3 proteinase

Folding and Design

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 433-441

  Pasquo, Alessandra ^a   Nardi, Maria Chiara ^a   Dimasi, Nazzareno ^a   Tomei, Licia ^a   Steinkühler, Christian ^a   Delmastro, Paola ^a   Tramontano, Anna ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chimeric protein; HCV; NS3 proteinase; Rational design

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; VIRUS GENOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032424249     PISSN: 13590278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0278(98)00060-1     Document Type: Article

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