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Biological impact of natural COOH-terminal deletions of hepatitis B virus X protein in hepatocellular carcinoma tissues.
Cancer research - 1 Nov 2001
Tu H, Bonura C, Giannini C, Mouly H, Soussan P, Kew M, Paterlini-Bréchot P, Bréchot C, Kremsdorf D
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx) is a transcriptional transactivator that has been implicated in the development of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma. Mutations in the HBx open reading frame have been reported, but their general impact on the biological function of HBx remains unknown. To address this issue, we comparatively analyzed the structures and biological functions of HBx sequences isolated...
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