Duck hepatitis B virus polymerase acts as a suppressor of core protein translation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 5035-5042

  Howe, Anita Y M ^a,b   Tyrrell, David L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029906433     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.8.5035-5042.1996     Document Type: Article

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