Naturally occurring mutations define a novel function of the hepatitis B virus core promoter in core protein expression

Journal of Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 6785-6795

  Baumert, Thomas F ^a   Marrone, Aldo ^a   Vergalla, John ^a   Liang, T Jake ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

ARTICLE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031901220     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.8.6785-6795.1998     Document Type: Article

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