In vitro assembly into virus-like particles is an intrinsic quality of Pichia pastoris derived HCV core protein

N Acosta-Rivero, A Rodriguez, A Musacchio… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Different variants of hepatitis C virus core protein (HCcAg) have proved to self-assemble in
vitro into virus-like particles (VLPs). However, difficulties in obtaining purified mature HCcAg …

A C-terminal truncated hepatitis C virus core protein variant assembles in vitro into virus-like particles in the absence of structured nucleic acids

N Acosta-Rivero, A Rodriguez, A Mussachio… - Biochemical and …, 2005 - Elsevier
Little is known about the assembly pathway or structure of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). In this
work a truncated HCcAg variant covering the first 120 aa (HCcAg. 120) with a 32 aa N …

In vitro self-assembled HCV core virus-like particles induce a strong antibody immune response in sheep

N Acosta-Rivero, JC Alvarez-Obregón… - Biochemical and …, 2002 - Elsevier
The in vitro self-assembly properties of the entire hepatitis C virus core protein (HCcAg)
obtained from Pichia pastoris cells and the induction of specific antibody immune response …

Nucleic acid binding properties and intermediates of HCV core protein multimerization in Pichia pastoris

N Acosta-Rivero, A Rodriguez, A Musacchio… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Little is known about the in vivo assembly pathway or structure of the hepatitis C virus
nucleocapsid. In this work the intermediates of HCcAg multimerization in Pichia pastoris …

Characterization of the HCV core virus-like particles produced in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris

N Acosta-Rivero, JC Aguilar, A Musacchio… - Biochemical and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Little is known about the mechanism of hepatitis C virion assembly. So the capacity of the
entire Hepatitis C virus core protein (HCcAg) produced in Pichia pastoris to form particles …

Self-assembly of nucleocapsid-like particles from recombinant hepatitis C virus core protein

M Kunkel, M Lorinczi, R Rijnbrand, SM Lemon… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Little is known about the assembly pathway and structure of hepatitis C virus (HCV) since
insufficient quantities of purified virus are available for detailed biophysical and structural …

Assembly of truncated HCV core antigen into virus-like particles in Escherichia coli

LJ Lorenzo, S Dueñas-Carrera, V Falcón… - Biochemical and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Core protein is one of the most conserved and immunogenic of the hepatitis C virus proteins.
Several pieces of experimental evidence suggest its ability for formation of virus like …

Unique features of hepatitis C virus capsid formation revealed by de novo cell-free assembly

KC Klein, SJ Polyak, JR Lingappa - Journal of virology, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
The assembly of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is poorly understood, largely due to the lack of
mammalian cell culture systems that are easily manipulated and produce high titers of virus …

Structural requirements for assembly and homotypic interactions of the hepatitis C virus core protein

M Kim, Y Ha, HJ Park - Virus research, 2006 - Elsevier
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein is involved in the assembly of nucleocapsid
particles, as well as regulation of cellular and viral gene expression. To investigate the …

Conformational changes accompanying self-assembly of the hepatitis C virus core protein

M Kunkel, SJ Watowich - Virology, 2002 - Elsevier
Although a number of recent studies have suggested that the function of the hepatitis C virus
(HCV) core protein may be both to package the viral genome and to modulate host cellular …