ER targeting and retention of the HCV NS4B protein relies on the concerted action of multiple structural features including its transmembrane domains

Molecular Membrane Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-62

  Boleti, Haralabia ^a,b   Smirlis, Despina ^b   Dalagiorgou, Georgia ^a   Meurs, Eliane F ^c   Christoforidis, Savvas ^d   Mavromara, Penelope ^a  

^a Molecular Virology Laboratory   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

ER retention; ER targeting; Hepatitis C virus; NS4B protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID; CD39 ANTIGEN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DELETION MUTANT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 72049111250     PISSN: 09687688     EISSN: 14645203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687680903426208     Document Type: Article

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