Hepatitis C virus proteins: From structure to function

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-142

  Moradpour, Darius ^a   Penin, François ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; NS2 PROTEASE; NS3 4A PROTEIN; P7 VIROPORIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA HELICASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG TARGETING; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84876520299     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-27340-7_5     Document Type: Article

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