Four conserved cysteine residues of the hepatitis B virus polymerase are critical for RNA pregenome encapsidation

Journal of Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 8032-8040

  Kim, Seahee ^a   Lee, Jehan ^a   Ryu, Wang Shick ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPLICATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOCAPSID; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA CAPS; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 67749099788     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00332-09     Document Type: Article

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