Hydrophobic residues of terminal protein domain of hepatitis B virus polymerase contribute to distinct steps in viral genome replication

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 3964-3968

  Shin, Youn Chul ^a   Ko, Chunkyu ^a   Ryu, Wang Shick ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Reverse transcriptase; Terminal protein

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA BINDING; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; HYDROXIDES; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 82555168210     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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