The precore sequence of hepatitis B virus is required for nuclear localization of the core protein

Hepatology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1311-1317

  Aiba, Nobuyasu ^a,c   Mcgarvey, Michael J ^a   Waters, Jennifer ^a   Hadziyannis, Stephanos J ^b   Thomas, Howard C ^a   Karayiannis, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030698133     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510260532     Document Type: Article

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