Hepatitis B virus replication - An update

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 217-226

  Nassal, M ^a   Schaller, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepadnavirus; Hepatitis B; Replication; Reverse transcription

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; P PROTEIN, HEPATITIS B VIRUS; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

GENE PRODUCTS, POL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEOCAPSID; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030225455     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1996.tb00047.x     Document Type: Review

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