Establishment of an in vitro Assay to Characterize Hepatitis C Virus NS3-4A Protease Trans-Processing Activity

Intervirology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Hamatake, Robert ^a   Wang, Hwei Gene Heidi ^a   Butcher, James Alan ^a   Bifano, Marc ^a   Clark, Gwendelíne ^a   Hernandez, Dennis ^a   Zhang, Sharon ^a   Racela, Jason ^a   Standring, David ^a   Colonno, Richard ^a  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; In vitro; NS3 protease; NS4A; Trans cleavage assay

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; PROTEINASE; SERINE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 12644261422     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: 14230100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000150525     Document Type: Article

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