Expression and characterization of hepatitis C virus core proteins: Effects of single amino acid substitution on protein conformation and subcellular localization

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 281-286

  Hwang, Soon Bong ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baculovirus expression system; Core protein; Hepatitis C virus; Phosphorylation; Protein conformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042896200     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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