The hepatitis B virus X protein increases the cellular level of TATA-binding protein, which mediates transactivation of RNA polymerase III genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 6720-6728

  Wang, Horng Dar ^a   Yuh, Chiou Hwa ^b   Dang, Chi V ^c   Johnson, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; RNA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TATA BOX; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE III; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0028829138     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.12.6720     Document Type: Article

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