Translation of the first upstream ORF in the hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA modulates translation at the core and polymerase initiation codons

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1169-1181

  Chen, Augustine ^a   Kao, Y F ^a   Brown, Chris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CORE PROTEIN; GLYCINE; RNA POLYMERASE; URACIL; VIRUS RNA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; P PROTEIN, HEPATITIS B VIRUS; POL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TYPING; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TUMOR CELL LINE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CODON, INITIATOR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; GENES, REPORTER; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 14844364104     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki251     Document Type: Article

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