pX, the HBV-encoded coactivator, interacts with components of the transcription machinery and stimulates transcription in a TAF-independent manner

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3413-3420

  Haviv, Izhak ^a   Vaizel, Dalit ^a   Shaul, Yosef ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activation domain; General transcription factors; Squelching; Viral regulators

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030056043     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00707.x     Document Type: Article

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