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ArticleVirus genes1996

Localization of hepatitis B virus core protein and viral DNA at the nuclear membrane.

C T Bock, S Schwinn, C H Schröder, I Velhagen, H Zentgraf

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Article in Virus genes, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C T BockGerman Cancer Research Centre, Applied Tumor Virology, Heidelberg, FRG.
S Schwinn
C H Schröder
I Velhagen
H Zentgraf
German Cancer Research Center · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An early step in the replication of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome is the transport of the viral DNA into the nucleus of the infected cell. So far only little is known about the events and mechanisms at the nuclear membrane required for entry of the viral genome into the nucleus. Using a hepatoblastoma cell line that constitutively produces hepatitis B virions and in so doing displays intracellular viral amplification, we showed that nonparticulated HBV core protein is associated with nuclear membrane pore complexes. Additionally, viral DNA has been detected firmly attached to the nuclear membrane. Small amounts of viral core protein, as well as viral DNA, were detectable within the cell nucleus. However, core particles could not be shown at the nuclear membrane or within the nuclei of these cells. Our observations on localization of HBV DNA and core protein at the nuclear membrane thus provide a suggestion for further examinations of the transfer of the viral genome from the cytoplasm into the nucleus of the infected cell.

Indexed as

Blotting, SouthernBlotting, WesternCell LineDNA, ViralFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHepatitis B Core AntigensHumansMicroscopy, ElectronNuclear EnvelopePolymerase Chain ReactionDNA, ViralHepatitis B Core Antigens

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PMID8879121
OpenAlexW2031070668

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