Hepatitis B virus polymerase suppresses translation of pregenomic RNA via a mechanism involving its interaction with 5′ stem–loop structure
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A secondary structure that contains the 5' and 3' splice sites suppresses splicing of duck hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA.
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عنوان ژورنال: Virology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0042-6822
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.11.010