Cloning and characterization of a novel hepatitis B virus x binding protein that inhibits viral replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1737-1743

  Melegari, Margherita ^a   Scaglioni, Pier Paolo ^a   Wands, Jack R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ENHANCER REGION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031952176     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.3.1737-1743.1998     Document Type: Article

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