Charged residues in hepatitis C virus NS4B are critical for multiple NS4B functions in RNA replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 8158-8171

  Blight, Keril J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REPLICON; REVERTANT; RNA REPLICATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 79961196705     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00858-11     Document Type: Article

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