The spliced variant of hepatitis B virus protein, HBSP, interacts with Bcl-2/Bcl-xl in vitro and induces apoptosis in HepG2 cells

IUBMB Life

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 700-702

  Lu, Yi Wei ^a   Ren, Yu Dan ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Chen, Wei Ning ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Protein function

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; VIRUS PROTEIN; HBSP PROTEIN, HEPATITIS B VIRUS; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CLONING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE; RNA SPLICING; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MAMMALIA;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL LINE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 58149190809     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.108     Document Type: Article

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