Conserved determinants for membrane association of nonstructural protein 5A from hepatitis C virus and related viruses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2745-2757

  Brass, Volker ^a   Pal, Zsuzsanna ^a   Sapay, Nicolas ^b   Deléage, Gilbert ^b   Blum, Hubert E ^a   Penin, François ^b   Moradpour, Darius ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLAVIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS A; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; NONHUMAN; PESTIVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; ELECTROPORATION; GB VIRUS A; GB VIRUS B; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; PESTIVIRUS;

EID: 33947413114     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01279-06     Document Type: Article

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