Crystal structure of the hepatitis C virus NS3 protease domain complexed with a synthetic NS4A cofactor peptide

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 343-355

  Kim, J L ^a   Morgenstern, K A ^a   Lin, C ^a   Fox, T ^a   Dwyer, M D ^a   Landro, J A ^a   Chambers, S P ^a   Markland, W ^a   Lepre, C A ^a   O'Malley, E T ^a   Harbeson, S L ^a   Rice, C M ^b   Murcko, M A ^a   Caron, P R ^a   Thomson, J A ^a  

^a VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE; VIRUS ENZYME; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; VIRUS REPLICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 16044364658     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81351-3     Document Type: Article

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