Solution structure of the apical stem-loop of the human hepatitis B virus encapsidation signal

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4449-4457

  Flodell, Sara ^a   Petersen, Michael ^b,c   Girard, Frederic ^b   Zdunek, Janusz ^b   Kidd Ljunggren, Karin ^d   Schleucher, Jurlrgen ^a   Wijmenga, Sybren ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; PROTON;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 33749986531     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl582     Document Type: Article

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