Evidence that the 5'-end cap structure is essential for encapsidation of hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA

Journal of Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 5502-5508

  Jeong, Jong Keun ^a   Yoon, Gye Soon ^a   Ryu, Wang Shick ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA CAPS; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0034116924     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.74.12.5502-5508.2000     Document Type: Article

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