Woodchuck hepatitis virus X protein is present in chronically infected woodchuck liver and woodchuck hepatocellular carcinomas which are permissive for viral replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 5246-5254

  Dandri, Maura ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^b   Rogler, Charles E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CARCINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION; WOODCHUCK;

EID: 0029955711     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5246-5254.1996     Document Type: Article

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