Biochemical properties of hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and identification of amino acid sequence motifs essential for enzymatic activity

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 8416-8428

  Lohmann, Volker ^a   Körner, Frank ^a   Herian, Ulrike ^a   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; POLYGUANYLIC ACID; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 1842289764     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.11.8416-8428.1997     Document Type: Article

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