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Hepatitis B Virus Activates Deoxynucleotide Synthesis in Nondividing Hepatocytes by Targeting the R2 Gene
23 Dec 2009
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UNLABELLED: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes liver diseases from acute hepatitis to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Currently, more than 350 million people are chronic HBV carriers, with devastating prognosis. HBV is a small enveloped noncytopathic virus, containing a circular partially double-stranded DNA genome, and exhibits strong tropism for human liver cells. Infected individuals (acute and chronic) secrete about...
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