Self-association of the C-terminal domain of the hepatitis-C virus core protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-106

  Yan, Bo Shiun ^a   Tam, Ming H ^b   Syu Jr , Wan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Core protein; Dimerization; Hepatitis C virus; Yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; DNA PRIMERS; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032533354     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580100.x     Document Type: Article

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