Activation of dengue protease autocleavage at the NS2B-NS3 junction by recombinant NS3 and GST-NS2B fusion proteins

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Wu, Chia Fen ^a   Wang, Shao Hung ^a   Sun, Chang Ming ^b   Hu, Shau Ting ^a   Syu, Wan Jr ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Assay; DEN2; ELISA; Protease; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN NS2B; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DENGUE VIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

DENGUE VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0242362792     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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