Circularization of an RNA template via long-range base pairing is critical for hepadnaviral reverse transcription

Virology

Volumn 371, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 362-373

  Shin, Myeong Kyun ^a   Kim, Jong Hoon ^a   Ryu, Dong Kyun ^a   Ryu, Wang Shick ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Minus strand DNA synthesis; Reverse transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSFER; GENE MUTATION; HEPADNAVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUS CAPSID;

BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 38749128765     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.09.042     Document Type: Article

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