Hepatitis B virus HBx protein induces transcription factor AP-1 by activation of extracellular signal-regulated and c-Jun N-terminal mitogen- activated protein kinases

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4978-4985

  Benn, Jacqueline ^a   Su, Fei ^a   Doria, Margherita ^a,b   Schneider, Robert J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 0029895723     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.4978-4985.1996     Document Type: Article

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