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Impaired replication of hepatitis C virus containing mutations in a conserved NS5B retinoblastoma protein-binding motif.
Journal of virology - 1 Aug 2009
McGivern David R, Villanueva Rodrigo A, Chinnaswamy Sreedhar, Kao C Cheng, Lemon Stanley M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) downregulates the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (Rb), a central cell cycle regulator which is also targeted by oncoproteins expressed by DNA tumor viruses. HCV genome replication is also enhanced in proliferating cells. Thus, it is possible that HCV interactions with host cell cycle regulators, such as Rb, have evolved to modify the intracellular environment to promote viral...
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