Proteomic profiling of lipid droplet proteins in hepatoma cell lines expressing hepatitis C virus core protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 921-930

  Sato, Shigeko ^a   Fukasawa, Masayoshi ^a   Yamakawa, Yoshio ^a   Natsume, Tohru ^a   Suzuki, Tetsuro ^b   Shoji, Ikuo ^b   Aizaki, Hideki ^b   Miyamura, Tatsuo ^b   Nishijima, Masahiro ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADRP; DEAD box protein; Hepatitis C virus; Lipid droplet; TIP47

Indexed keywords

ADIPOPHILIN; CORE PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN 1; DEAD BOX PROTEIN 3; FAT DROPLET; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 5; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; LANOSTEROL SYNTHASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; LUNG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; PROCOLLAGEN PROLINE 2 OXOGLUTARATE 4 DIOXYGENASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CGI 49; PROTEIN DISULFIDE ISOMERASE; PROTEIN RAB10; PROTEIN RAB11; PROTEIN RAB18; PROTEIN RAB1A; PROTEIN RAB1B; PROTEIN RAB5C; PROTEIN RAB8; RAB PROTEIN; RAB7 PROTEIN; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L29; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; STEROL CARRIER PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICLE AMINE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RNA METABOLISM;

CELL LINE; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; PROTEOMICS; RNA HELICASES; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 33745756902     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj104     Document Type: Article

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