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Support of the infectivity of hepatitis delta virus particles by the envelope proteins of different genotypes of hepatitis B virus.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2014
Freitas Natalia, Abe Kenji, Cunha Celso, Menne Stephan, Gudima Severin O
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: This study examined how the envelope proteins of 25 variants of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes A to I support hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infectivity. The assembled virions bore the same HDV ribonucleoprotein and differed only by the HBV variant-specific envelope proteins coating the particles. The total HDV yields varied within a 122-fold range. A residue Y (position 374) in the HDV binding site...
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