Visualization of a 4-helix bundle in the hepatitis B virus capsid by cryo-electron microscopy

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6620, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Conway, J F ^a   Cheng, N ^a   Zlotnick, A ^a   Wingfield, P T ^a   Stahl, S J ^a   Steven, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; VIRUS CAPSID;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0030937751     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386091a0     Document Type: Article

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