Does Tyrosyl DNA Phosphodiesterase-2 Play a Role in Hepatitis B Virus Genome Repair?

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and persistence are sustained by a nuclear episome, the covalently closed circular (CCC) DNA, which serves as the transcriptional template for all viral RNAs. CCC DNA is converted from a relaxed circular (RC) DNA in the virion early during infection as well as fro...

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Main Authors: Xiuji Cui, Rebecca McAllister, Rajeev Boregowda, Ji A Sohn, Felipe Cortes Ledesma, Keith W Caldecott, Christoph Seeger, Jianming Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4469307?pdf=render