Differential requirements of NS4A for internal NS3 cleavage and polyprotein processing of hepatitis C virus

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 7999-8008

  Kou, Yi Hen ^a   Chang, Ming Fu ^a   Wang, Yi Ming ^a   Hung, Tzu Min ^a   Chang, Shin C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN NS3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; VIROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYPROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34547120435     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00348-07     Document Type: Article

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