The C-terminal region of the hepatitis B virus X protein is essential for its stability and function

Virus Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Lizzano, Rebecca A ^a   Yang, Bei ^a   Clippinger, Amy J ^a,b   Bouchard, Michael J ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C terminal truncations; HBx protein; Hepatitis B virus

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELL LINE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MARMOTA MONAX; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78650540344     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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