Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the prototype of a family of small DNA viruses that
productively infect hepatocytes, the major cell of the liver, and replicate by reverse …

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a para-retrovirus or retroid virus that contains a double-stranded
DNA genome and replicates this DNA via reverse transcription of a RNA pregenome. Viral …

Abstract Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a small virus whose genome has only four open reading
frames. We argue that the simplicity of the virion correlates with a complexity of functions for …

As obligate intracellular parasites, viruses need a host cell to provide a milieu favorable to
viral replication. Consequently, viruses often adopt mechanisms to subvert host cellular …

With a yearly death toll of 880,000, hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a major health problem
worldwide, despite an effective prophylactic vaccine and well-tolerated, effective antivirals …

Hepadnaviruses, including human hepatitis B virus (HBV), replicate through reverse
transcription of an RNA intermediate, the pregenomic RNA (pgRNA). Despite this kinship to …

The core (capsid) protein of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the building block of nucleocapsids
where viral DNA reverse transcriptional replication takes place and mediates virus-host cell …

Viral replication is rapid and robust, but it is far from a chaotic process. Instead, successful
production of infectious progeny requires that events occur in the correct place and at the …

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) particle consists of an envelope containing three related surface
proteins and probably lipid and an icosahedral nucleocapsid of approximately 30 nm …

The human hepatitis B virus (HBV), that is causative for more than 240 million cases of
chronic liver inflammation (hepatitis), is an enveloped virus with a partially double-stranded …