Hepatitis B virus X protein upregulates transcriptional activation of human telomerase reverse transcriptase

Virus Genes

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-182

  Liu, Hua ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Luan, Fang ^a   Xu, Shifeng ^b   Yang, Fenghui ^b   Sun, Wensheng ^a   Liu, Jun ^b   Ma, Chunhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatitis b virus x protein; Human telomerase reverse transcriptase; Sp1

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; DNA; TELOMERASE; TERT PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TELOMERASE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77951246055     PISSN: 09208569     EISSN: 1572994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11262-009-0441-3     Document Type: Article

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