Selection of functional variants of the NS3-NS4A protease of hepatitis C virus by using chimeric Sindbis viruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 561-575

  Filocamo, Gessica ^a   Pacini, Laura ^a   Nardi, Chiara ^a   Bartholomew, Linda ^a   Scaturro, Maria ^a   Delmastro, Paola ^a   Tramontano, Anna ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^a   Migliaccio, Giovanni ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEINASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIMERA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINDBIS VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032889528     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.1.561-575.1999     Document Type: Article

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