Activation of ERAD pathway by human hepatitis B virus modulates viral and subviral particle production.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) belongs to the Hepadnaviridae family of enveloped DNA viruses. It was previously shown that HBV can induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and activate the IRE1-XBP1 pathway of the unfolded protein response (UPR), through the expression of the viral regulatory protein X (HB...

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Main Authors: Catalin Lazar, Alina Macovei, Stefana Petrescu, Norica Branza-Nichita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22461906/pdf/?tool=EBI