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Molecular anatomy and pathophysiologic implications of drug resistance in hepatitis B virus infection.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2001
Doo E, Liang T J
Abstract excerpt
Synthesis of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA genome occurs within the viral nucleocapsid in a mechanistically ordered fashion. The nucleocapsid contains small pores that permit influx of nucleotide triphosphates and metabolites of nucleoside analogues such as lamivudine for DNA synthesis. Lamivudine is a potent inhibitor of HBV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptases, but substitutions of...
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