Phosphoacceptors threonine 162 and serines 170 and 178 within the carboxyl-terminal RRRS/T Motif of the hepatitis B virus core protein make multiple contributions to hepatitis B virus replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 8754-8767

  Jung, Jaesung ^a,b   Hwang, Seong Gyu ^c   Chwae, Yong Joon ^a,b   Park, Sun ^a,b   Shin, Ho Joon ^a,b   Kim, Kyongmin ^a,b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CORE PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEPATITIS B VIRUS CORE PROTEIN; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; SERINE; THREONINE; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84904876084     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01343-14     Document Type: Article

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