Hepatitis C virus core+1/ARF protein decreases hepcidin transcription through an AP1 binding site

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 94, Issue PART7, 2013, Pages 1528-1534

  Kotta Loizou, Ioly ^a   Vassilaki, Niki ^a   Pissas, George ^a   Kakkanas, Athanassios ^a   Bakiri, Latifa ^b   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^c   Mavromara, Penelope ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b BBVA University Institute for Economic and Social Analysis University of Alcalá   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; HEPCIDIN; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; STAT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRON METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPLICON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84879142325     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.050328-0     Document Type: Article

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