Characterization of Genotype-Specific Carboxyl-Terminal Cleavage Sites of Hepatitis B Virus e Antigen Precursor and Identification of Furin as the Candidate Enzyme

ABSTRACT Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) is a secreted version of hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein that promotes immune tolerance and persistent infection. It is derived from a translation product of the precore/core gene by two proteolytic cleavage events: removal of the amino-terminal signal pep...

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Hoofdauteurs: Kiyoaki Ito, Kyun‐Hwan Kim, Anna Suk‐Fong Lok, Shuping Tong
Formaat: Artigo
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: 2009
Online toegang:https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02348-08
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