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Role of Small Envelope Protein in Sustaining the Intracellular and Extracellular Levels of Hepatitis B Virus Large and Middle Envelope Proteins.
Viruses - 2 Apr 2021
Zhang Jing, Wang Yongxiang, Fu Shuwen, Yuan Quan, Wang Qianru, Xia Ningshao, Wen Yumei, Li Jisu, Tong Shuping
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) expresses co-terminal large (L), middle (M), and small (S) envelope proteins. S protein drives virion and subviral particle secretion, whereas L protein inhibits subviral particle secretion but coordinates virion morphogenesis. We previously found that preventing S protein expression from a subgenomic construct eliminated M protein. The present study further examined impact of S protein on...
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