Article
A domain of the hepadnavirus capsid protein is specifically required for DNA maturation and virus assembly.
Journal of virology - 1 May 1991
Yu M, Summers J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations introduced into the capsid gene of duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) were tested for their effects on viral DNA synthesis and assembly of enveloped viruses. Four classes of mutant phenotypes were observed among a series of deletions of covering the 3' end of the capsid open reading frame. C...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Capsid
- Cell Nucleus
- Chickens
- Cytoplasm
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Viral
- Hepatitis B Virus, Duck
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Open Reading Frames
