Structural comparisons of hepatitis B core antigen particles with different C-terminal lengths

Virus Research

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 241-244

  Liu, Shuyu ^a   He, Jian ^a   Shih, Chiaho ^b   Li, Kunpeng ^a   Dai, Aguang ^a   Hong Zhou, Z ^c,d   Zhang, Jingqiang ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute for Human Infections and Immunity   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

HBcAg particle; Nuclease sensitivity; RNA encapsidation; Structural comparison

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRUS CAPSID;

CAPSID; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE DELETION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 77950628777     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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