Structure of West Nile Virus NS3 Protease: Ligand Stabilization of the Catalytic Conformation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1568-1577

  Robin, Gautier ^a   Chappell, Keith ^a   Stoermer, Martin J ^a   Hu, Shu Hong ^a   Young, Paul R ^a   Fairlie, David P ^a   Martin, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

crystal structure; NS3 protease; protease inhibitor; trypsin like serine protease; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; LIGAND; MONTIRELIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AVES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 58649113845     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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