Hepatitis B virus X protein transactivates the inducible nitric oxide synthase promoter

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 915-923

  Amaro, Maria José ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Carreno, Vicente ^a,b  

^a Hospital Pardo De Aravaca   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Jimenez Diaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0033055984     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290337     Document Type: Article

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