Hepatitis C virus core protein induces hepatic steatosis in transgenic mice

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1527-1531

  Moriya, Kyoji ^a   Yotsuyanagi, Hiroshi ^a   Shintani, Yoshizumi ^a   Fujie, Hajime ^a   Ishibashi, Kotaro ^b   Matsuura, Yoshiharu ^c   Miyamura, Tatsuo ^c   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT INJURY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030859121     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-7-1527     Document Type: Article

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