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Specific hepatitis B virus minus-strand DNA synthesis requires only the 5' encapsidation signal and the 3'-proximal direct repeat DR1
1 Jan 1996
Abstract excerpt
Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a small DNA virus that replicates inside the viral nucleocapsid by reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate, the pregenome. The sequences encompassing the encapsidation signal epsilon and the direct repeat DR1 are present in two copies of this terminally redundant transcript. We have recently shown that HBV minus-strand DNA synthesis involves transfer of a short DNA primer...
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