A Role for the Host DNA Damage Response in Hepatitis B Virus cccDNA Formation—and Beyond?

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection puts more than 250 million people at a greatly increased risk to develop end-stage liver disease. Like all hepadnaviruses, HBV replicates via protein-primed reverse transcription of a pregenomic (pg) RNA, yielding an unusually structured, viral polymerase-li...

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Main Authors: Sabrina Schreiner, Michael Nassal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-05-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/9/5/125