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The small delta antigen of hepatitis delta virus is an acetylated protein and acetylation of lysine 72 may influence its cellular localization and viral RNA synthesis.
Virology - 5 Feb 2004
Mu Jung-Jung, Tsay Yeou-Guang, Juan Li-Jung, Fu Tsai-Feng, Huang Wen-Hung, Chen Ding-Shinn, Chen Pei-Jer
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a single-stranded RNA virus that encodes two viral nucleocapsid proteins named small and large form hepatitis delta antigen (S-HDAg and L-HDAg). The S-HDAg is essential for viral RNA replication while the L-HDAg is required for viral assembly. In this study, we demo...
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