Structured HCV nucleocapsids composed of P21 core protein assemble primary in the nucleus of Pichia pastoris yeast

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-53

  Acosta Rivero, Nelson ^a   Falcón, Viviana ^a   Alvarez, Catalina ^a   Musacchio, Alexis ^a   Chinea, Glay ^a   De La Rosa, María Cristina ^a   Rodriguez, Armando ^a   Dueñas Carrera, Santiago ^a   Tsutsumi, Victor ^b   Shibayama, Mineko ^b   Menéndez, Ivón ^a   Luna Munoz, Jose ^b   Miranda Sanchez, Maria M ^b   Kouri, Juan ^b   Morales Grillo, Juan ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Core antigen; Hepatitis C; Nucleocapsid like particles; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P23;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DATA ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 0141451857     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.117     Document Type: Article

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