Purification and characterization of the NS3 serine protease domain of hepatitis C virus expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-43

  Markland, William ^a   Petrillo, Richard A ^a   Fitzgibbon, Matthew ^a   Fox, Ted ^a   McCarrick, Robert ^a   McQuaid, Tom ^a   Fulghum, John R ^a   Chen, Wenyong ^a   Fleming, Mark A ^a   Thomson, John A ^a   Chambers, Stephen P ^a  

^a VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 14444272750     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-1-39     Document Type: Article

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