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Core protein cleavage by signal peptide peptidase is required for hepatitis C virus-like particle assembly.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Apr 2006
Ait-Goughoulte Malika, Hourioux Christophe, Patient Romuald, Trassard Sylvie, Brand Denys, Roingeard Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein, expressed with a Semliki Forest virus replicon, self-assembles into HCV-like particles (HCV-LP) at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane, providing an opportunity to study HCV assembly and morphogenesis by electron microscopy. This model was used to investigate whether the processing of the HCV core protein by the signal peptide peptidase (SPP) is required for the HCV-LP...
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