Identifying and Characterizing Interplay between Hepatitis B Virus X Protein and Smc5/6

Hepatitis B X protein (HBx) plays an essential role in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication cycle, but the function of HBx has been elusive until recently. It was recently shown that transcription from the HBV genome (covalently-closed circular DNA, cccDNA) is inhibited by the structural maintena...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christine M. Livingston, Dhivya Ramakrishnan, Michel Strubin, Simon P. Fletcher, Rudolf K. Beran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-04-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
HBx
HBV
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/4/69