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The molecular virology of hepatitis B virus.
Seminars in liver disease - 1 May 2013
Glebe Dieter, Bremer Corinna M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the smallest enveloped DNA viruses and the prototype member of the family of Hepadnaviridae that causes acute and chronic infections of mammals (including human) and birds. HBV has evolved an extreme adaptation and dependency to differentiated hepatocytes of its host. Despite its very limited coding capacity with only four open-reading frames, HBV is able to evade the immune...
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