The hepatitis C virus Core protein is a potent nucleic acid chaperone that directs dimerization of the viral (+) strand RNA in vitro

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2623-2631

  Cristofari, Gaël ^a   Ivanyi Nagy, Roland ^a   Gabus, Caroline ^a   Boulant, Steeve ^b   Lavergne, Jean Pierre ^b   Penin, François ^b   Darlix, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORE PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRUS DNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RNA SEQUENCE; VIRUS REPLICATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 3042576370     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh579     Document Type: Article

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