Transactivation of transforming growth factor α gene by hepatitis B virus preS1

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1813-1816

  Ono, Masafumi ^a   Morisawa, Keiko ^a   Nie, Jing ^a   Ota, Katsuya ^a   Taniguchi, Taketoshi ^a   Saibara, Toshiji ^a   Onishi, Saburo ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032080643     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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