Acidic pH enhances structure and structural stability of the capsid protein of hepatitis E virus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Zafrullah, Mohammad ^a,b   Khursheed, Zenab ^a   Yadav, Sushma ^a   Sahgal, Deepak ^b   Jameel, Shahid ^b   Ahmad, Faizan ^a  

^a JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Denaturation; Hepatitis E virus; ORF2 protein; pH stability; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENATURATION; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS MUTANT;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOMO; INSECTA;

EID: 0346850786     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.088     Document Type: Article

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