Venom peptides as inhibitory agents against flaviviral proteases

Due to the lack of vaccines and effective therapies, infectious diseases caused by members of the Flaviviridae family pose a major healthcare concern worldwide. The nonstructural protein 3(NS3) is multifunctional, with serine protease activity in its N-terminal domain, RNA triphosphatase and helica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cai, Maggie Weiling
Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45102