Canonical and Divergent N-Terminal HBx Isoform Proteins Unveiled: Characteristics and Roles during HBV Replication
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx) is a viral regulatory and multifunctional protein. It is well-known that the canonical HBx reading frame bears two phylogenetically conserved internal in-frame translational initiation codons at Met2 and Met3, thus possibly generating divergent N-terminal smal...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-11-01
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Series: | Biomedicines |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/9/11/1701 |