Insights from deep sequencing of the HBV genome — Unique, tiny, and misunderstood
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a unique, tiny, partially double-stranded, reverse-transcribing DNA virus with proteins encoded by multiple overlapping reading frames. The substitution rate is surprisingly high for a DNA virus, but lower than that of other reverse transcribing organisms. More than 260 mi...
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Elsevier
2018
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