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Functional characterization of the interaction between human La and hepatitis B virus RNA.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Oct 2004
Ehlers Imke, Horke Sven, Reumann Kerstin, Rang Andreas, Grosse Frank, Will Hans, Heise Tilman
Abstract excerpt
The La protein is a multifunctional RNA-binding protein and has also been suggested to be involved in the stabilization of hepatitis B virus (HBV) RNA. Here we demonstrate that antibodies against the human La protein specifically precipitate HBV RNA from HBV ribonucleoprotein-containing mammalian cell extracts, providing evidence for the association between human La and HBV RNA. Moreover, we report that the...
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