Cloning and characterization of a human hepatocyte protein, carboxypeptidase N, which binds and activates core promoter of hepatitis B virus

World Chinese Journal of Digestology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1131-1134

  Zhang, Zhong Dong ^a   Cheng, Jun ^a   Zhong, Yan Wei ^a   Yang, Qian ^a   Wang, Ye Dong ^a   Dong, Jing ^a   Yang, Yan Jie ^a   Zhang, Shu Lin ^b  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0042931299     PISSN: 10093079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v11.i8.1131     Document Type: Article

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