Promoters for synthesis of the pre-C and pregenomic mRNAs of human hepatitis B virus are genetically distinct and differentially regulated

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 8719-8726

  Yu, Xianming ^a   Mertz, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; HELA CELL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030002765     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.12.8719-8726.1996     Document Type: Article

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