Hyperphosphorylation of the hepatitis C virus NS5A protein requires an active NS3 protease, NS4A, NS4B, and NS5A encoded on the same polyprotein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 9984-9991

  Neddermann, Petra ^a   Clementi, Angelica ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0032710924     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.9984-9991.1999     Document Type: Article

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