## Abstract PreβS proteins may have an important role in virus assembly and virus entry into the host cell. The presence of preβS proteins in serum has also been thought to correlate with active viral replication. To investigate whether preβS proteins in serum might have additional diagnostic and/o
Expression of pre-S1, pre-S2, and C proteins in duck hepatitis B virus infection
β Scribed by Osamu Yokosuka; Masao Omata; Yoshimi Ito
- Book ID
- 113208932
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 892 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0042-6822
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