Genetic and functional characterization of the N-terminal region of the hepatitis C virus NS2 protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4130-4145

  de la Fuente, Cynthia ^a   Goodman, Zachary ^a   Rice, Charles M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA REPLICATION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

CELL LINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84875783752     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03174-12     Document Type: Article

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