Electrostatic regulation of genome packaging in human hepatitis B virus

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3065-3073

  Jiang, Tao ^a   Wang, Zhen Gang ^b   Wu, Jianzhong ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GENOMIC RNA; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA PACKAGING; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; FORCE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME SIZE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION; WILD TYPE; ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOCAPSID; RNA, VIRAL; STATIC ELECTRICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 67649393359     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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