Translational regulation of hepatitis B virus polymerase gene by termination-reinitiation of an upstream minicistron in a length-dependent manner

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2181-2189

  Hwang, Wen Ling ^a   Su, Tsung Sheng ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Dept of Med Research and Education ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE;

DNA VIRUSES; FELIS CATUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031666868     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-9-2181     Document Type: Article

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