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Virology. The X files--one step closer to closure.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 14 Dec 2001
Ganem D
Abstract excerpt
There may be drugs and a useful vaccine available to combat the hepatitis B virus, but one aspect of this pathogen remains a puzzle: the function of its HBx protein. As Ganem reveals in his Perspective, new findings (Bouchard et al.) show that this versatile viral protein is an activator of calcium-dependent Ras signaling, an observation that may explain many of its biological effects.
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