Different patterns of codon usage in the overlapping polymerase and surface genes of hepatitis B virus suggest a de novo origin by modular evolution

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3577-3586

  Pavesi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CODON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; P PROTEIN, HEPATITIS B VIRUS; POL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; GENE LOCATION; GENEALOGY; HEPADNAVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVERLAPPING GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIRUS SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CODON; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84955599507     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000307     Document Type: Article

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