A host factor that binds near the termini of hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 6803-6809

  Perri, Silvia ^a   Ganem, Don ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CROSS LINKING; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEP 2 CELL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029834279     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.10.6803-6809.1996     Document Type: Article

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