The Capsid Protein of Hepatitis E Virus Inhibits Interferon Induction via Its N-terminal Arginine-Rich Motif

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) causes predominantly acute and self-limiting hepatitis. However, in HEV-infected pregnant women, the case fatality rate because of fulminant hepatitis can be up to 30%. HEV infection is zoonotic for some genotypes. The HEV genome contains three open reading frames: ORF1 encod...

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Main Authors: Shaoli Lin, Yonglin Yang, Yuchen Nan, Zexu Ma, Liping Yang, Yan-Jin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/11/1050