Hepatitis C virus core protein is a dimeric alpha-helical protein exhibiting membrane protein features

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 11353-11365

  Boulant, Steeve ^a   Vanbelle, Christophe ^a,c   Ebel, Christine ^b   Penin, François ^a   Lavergne, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; DETERGENT; DIMER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRIFUGATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIVIRUS; FLUORESCENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 23844530172     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.17.11353-11365.2005     Document Type: Article

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