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Electrostatic regulation of genome packaging in human hepatitis B virus.
Biophysical journal - 22 Apr 2009
Jiang Tao, Wang Zhen-Gang, Wu Jianzhong
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a contagious human pathogen causing liver diseases such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. An essential step during HBV replication is packaging of a pregenomic (pg) RNA within the capsid of core antigens (HBcAgs) that each contains a flexible C-terminal tail ri...
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