A spectrophotometric assay for quantitative determination of kcat of herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase substrates

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 82-87

  Schelling, Pierre ^a   Folkers, Gerd ^a   Scapozza, Leonardo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Catalytic turnover constant; Continuous spectrophotometric assay; Gene therapy; Herpes simplex virus type 1; Thymidine kinase

Indexed keywords

GENE THERAPY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIRUSES;

ANTIVIRAL; CATALYTIC TURNOVER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE 1; SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC ASSAYS; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ENZYMES;

THYMIDINE KINASE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE THERAPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STEADY STATE;

HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 0035425268     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2001.5191     Document Type: Article

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