Determination of the fold of the core protein of hepatitis B virus by electron cryomicroscopy

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6620, 1997, Pages 88-91

  Bottcher B ^a,b   Wynne, S A ^a   Crowther, R A ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CAPSID; CELL LINE; DIMERIZATION; FREEZING; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 1842409555     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386088a0     Document Type: Article

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