Structures of hepatitis C virus nonstructural proteins required for replicase assembly and function

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-136

  Gu, Meigang ^a   Rice, Charles M ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYCLOPHILIN A; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4B; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS REPLICASE; VIRUS RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA REPLICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 84880079697     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2013.03.013     Document Type: Review

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