Conformational stability of hepatitis C virus NS3 protease

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3811-3820

  Abian, Olga ^a,b,c,d   Vega, Sonia ^a   Neira, Jose Luis ^a,e   Velazquez Campoy, Adrian ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^e MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^f FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 78649898944     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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