Reduced transcription and progeny virus production of hepatitis B virus containing an 8-bp deletion in basic core promoter

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Kohno, Kazuhiro ^a   Nishizono, Akira ^a   Terao, Hideo ^a   Hiraga, Masaharu ^a   Mifune, Kumato ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

8 bp deletion; Core promoter; Hepatitis B virus; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034077238     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200005)61:1<15::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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