Intracellular inhibition of the replication of hepatitis B virus by hammerhead ribozymes

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1125-1130

  Feng, Ying ^a   Kong, Yu Ying ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Qi, Guo Rong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Core protein; DNA replication; Hammerhead ribozyme; Hepatitis B virus

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC CODE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REDUCTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0034768999     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02548.x     Document Type: Article

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