The TATA-less promoter of hepatitis B virus S gene contains a TBP binding site and an active initiator

Virus Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Bogomolski Yahalom, V ^a   Klein, A ^a   Greenblat, I ^a   Haviv, Y ^b   Tur Kaspa, R ^a,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Belinson Medical Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Initiator; PreS2 S promoter; TATA less promoter

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030951033     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(96)01429-3     Document Type: Article

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