The N-terminal half of the core protein of hepatitis C virus is sufficient for nucleocapsid formation

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 971-981

  Majeau, Nathalie ^a   Gagné, Valérie ^a   Boivin, Annie ^a   Bolduc, Marilène ^a   Majeau, Josée Anne ^a   Ouellet, Dominique ^a   Leclerc, Denis ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE FUNCTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPACIVIRUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOCAPSID; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 1842854065     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.79775-0     Document Type: Article

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