Epigenetic regulation of hepatitis B virus infection

Current Hepatitis Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-284

  Mogul, Douglas ^a   Torbenson, Michael ^b   Schwarz, Kathleen B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CpG islands; Epigenetic; Hepatitis B virus; Histone acetylation; Methylation; MicroRNA (miRNA); Small hairpin RNA (shRNA); Small interfering RNA (siRNA)

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ARYLBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MICRORNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PACKAGING; DRUG TARGETING; EPIGENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTO ONCOGENE; PTEN GENE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 81355148898     PISSN: 15403416     EISSN: 15410706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11901-011-0113-3     Document Type: Article

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