Hepatitis B virus X protein stimulates gene expression selectively from extrachromosomal DNA templates

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2116-2124

  van Breugel, Pieter C ^a,c   Robert, Eva I ^a   Mueller, Henrik ^a   Decorsière, Adrien ^a   Zoulim, Fabien ^b   Hantz, Olivier ^b   Strubin, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN 1; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS, WOODCHUCK; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; PLASMIDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84870522970     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25928     Document Type: Article

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