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Functional characterization of the putative hepatitis B virus core protein late domain using retrovirus chimeras.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Garcia Mayra L, Reynolds Tracy D, Mothes Walther, Robek Michael D
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) Core protein encodes a late (L)-domain like motif (129PPAYRPPNAP(138)) that has been purported to serve as a docking site for recruitment of host factors such as Nedd4 that can mediate viral particle release from infected cells. However, mutation of this region of Core typically disrupts nucleocapsid formation in the cytoplasm, making it difficult to ascertain if the Core PPAY motif...
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