Nucleic acid chaperone activity associated with the arginine-rich domain of human hepatitis B virus core protein

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2530-2543

  Chu, Tien Hua ^a,b   Liou, An Ting ^b,c   Su, Pei Yi ^b,c   Wu, Huey Nan ^d   Shih, Chiaho ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; SERINE ARGININE RICH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, CATALYTIC; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84896717309     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.03235-13     Document Type: Article

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