Enhancement of hepatitis B virus replication by the regulatory X protein in vitro and in vivo

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2656-2662

  Keasler, Victor V ^a   Hodgson, Amanda J ^a   Madden, Charles R ^a   Slagle, Betty L ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; PLASMID DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATORY X PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; VIREMIA; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MUS;

EID: 33947413521     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02020-06     Document Type: Article

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