Methyltransferase PRMT1 is a binding partner of HBX and a negative regulator of hepatitis B virus transcription

Journal of Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4360-4371

  Benhenda, Shirine ^a,b   Ducroux, Aurélie ^a,b   Rivière, Lise ^a,b   Sobhian, Bijan ^c   Ward, Michael D ^d   Dion, Sarah ^a,b   Hantz, Olivier ^e   Protzer, Ulrike ^f   Michel, Marie Louise ^a,b   Benkirane, Monsef ^c   Semmes, Oliver J ^d   Buendia, Marie Annick ^a,b   Neuveut, Christine ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL LINE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOCYTES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN-ARGININE N-METHYLTRANSFERASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84875772744     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02574-12     Document Type: Article

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