Identification and enzymatic characterization of NS2B-NS3 protease of Alkhurma virus, a class-4 flavivirus

Virus Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-62

  Bessaud, Maël ^a,c   Grard, Gilda ^b,c   Peyrefitte, Christophe N ^a,c   Pastorino, Boris ^a,c   Rolland, Dominique ^a,c   Charrel, Rémi N ^b,c   Lamballerie, Xavier De ^b,c   Tolou, Hugues J ^a,c  

^a SERVICE DE SANTÉ DES ARMÉES   (France)

^b Tropicale et Transfusionnelle   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Alkhurma virus; Class 4 pathogen; Flavivirin; Haemorrhagic fever virus; NS3; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

4 NITROANILINE; HISTIDINE; VIRUS ENZYME;

ALKHURMA VIRUS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLAVIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS, VIRAL; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA HELICASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ALKHURMA VIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 9644273993     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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