Significance of hepatitis B virus capsid dephosphorylation via polymerase

Abstract Background It is generally believed that hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein (HBc) dephosphorylation (de-P) is important for viral DNA synthesis and virion secretion. HBV polymerase contains four domains for terminal protein, spacer, reverse transcriptase, and RNase H activities. Methods H...

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Main Authors: Chih-Hsu Chang, Chiaho Shih
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12929-024-01022-9