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Promoters for synthesis of the pre-C and pregenomic mRNAs of human hepatitis B virus are genetically distinct and differentially regulated
1 Dec 1996
Abstract excerpt
Two similar, yet functionally distinct genomic RNAs are transcribed from the DNA genome of the human hepatitis B virus. The pre-C RNAs encode the precore protein which is proteolytically processed to yield e antigen. The pregenomic RNAs encode both the nucleocapsid protein and reverse transcriptase and serve as the templates for viral DNA replication. To determine whether synthesis of these two RNAs is directed...
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