Mapping of homologous interaction sites in the hepatitis B virus core protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 4997-5005

  König, Sabine ^a   Beterams, Gertrud ^b   Nassal, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; DIMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0342563720     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.6.4997-5005.1998     Document Type: Article

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