A bulged region of the hepatitis B virus RNA encapsidation signal contains the replication origin for discontinuous first-strand DNA synthesis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2764-2773

  Nassal, Michael ^a   Rieger, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0029940006     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.5.2764-2773.1996     Document Type: Article

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