Molecular models of NS3 protease variants of the Hepatitis C virus

BMC Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Da Silveira, Nelson J F ^a   Arcuri, Helen A ^a   Bonalumi, Carlos E ^a   De Souza, Fátima P ^b   Mello, Isabel M V G C ^c   Rahal, Paula ^a   Pinho, João R R ^c   De Azevedo Jr , Walter F ^a,d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMOTRYPSIN; NS3 PROTEASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHYMOTRYPSIN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DATABASES, GENETIC; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEPACIVIRUS; INTERNET; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA HELICASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 21744445579     PISSN: 14726807     EISSN: 14726807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-5-1     Document Type: Article

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