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Fine mapping of pre-S sequence requirements for hepatitis B virus large envelope protein-mediated receptor interaction.
Journal of virology - 1 Feb 2010
Schulze Andreas, Schieck Alexa, Ni Yi, Mier Walter, Urban Stephan
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies showed that the N-terminal 75 amino acids of the pre-S1 domain of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) L protein are essential for HBV and hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infectivity. Consistently, synthetic lipopeptides encompassing this sequence or only parts of it efficiently block HBV and HDV infection, presumably through specific interference with a cellular receptor. Crucial for both virus infectivity...
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