Recent advances in the molecular biology of hepatitis B virus

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-225

  Scaglioni, Pier Paolo ^a   Melegari, Margherita ^a   Wands, Jack R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

DNA VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRION; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0029764848     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(96)90003-2     Document Type: Article

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