Subcellular localization, stability, and trans-cleavage competence of the hepatitis C virus NS3-NS4A complex expressed in tetracycline-regulated cell lines

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2293-2304

  Wölk, Benno ^a   Sansonno, Domenico ^b   Kräusslich, Hans Georg ^c   Dammacco, Franco ^b   Rice, Charles M ^d   Blum, Hubert E ^a   Moradpour, Darius ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE; TETRACYCLINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0242456017     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.5.2293-2304.2000     Document Type: Article

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