Towards defining a minimal functional domain for NTPase and RNA helicase activities of the hepatitis C virus NS3 protein

Virus Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-25

  Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Gwack, Yousang ^a   Han, Jang H ^b   Choe, Joonho ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HCV; NS3; NTPasc; RNA helicase

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE; RNA HELICASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ACID ANHYDRIDE HYDROLASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0342872087     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(97)01452-4     Document Type: Article

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