Department of Molecular Virology

Subjects:

1. Studies on Hepatitis C virus.
2. Development of viral vectors.
3. Studies on Hepatitis B virus.

Papers published in 2012

1. Expression of microRNA miR-122 facilitates an efficient replication in nonhepatic cells upon infection with hepatitis C virus.

   Takasuke Fukuhara, Hiroto Kambara, Mai Shiokawa, Chikako Ono, Hiroshi Katoh, Eiji Morita, Daisuke Okuzaki, Yoshihiko Maehara, Kazuhiko Koike and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 86 (15), 7918-7933, 2012.
2. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus nsp1 Facilitates Efficient Propagation in Cells through a Specific Translational Shutoff of Host mRNA.

   Tomohisa Tanaka, Wataru Kamitani, Marta L Dediego, Luis Enjuanes and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 86 (20), 11128-11137, 2012.
3. Baculovirus GP64-mediated entry into mammalian cells.

   Chikako Kataoka, Yuuki Kaname, Shuhei Taguwa, Takayuki Abe, Takasuke Fukuhara, Hideki Tani, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 86 (5), 2610-2620, 2012.
4. Establishment of a Novel Permissive Cell Line for the Propagation of Hepatitis C Virus by Expression of MicroRNA miR122.

   Hiroto Kambara, Takasuke Fukuhara, Mai Shiokawa, Chikako Ono, Yuri Ohara, Wataru Kamitani and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 86 (3), 1382-1393, 2012.

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