학술논문

An RNA-based system to study hepatitis B virus replication and evaluate antivirals.
Document Type
Article
Source
Science Advances. 4/14/2023, Vol. 9 Issue 15, p1-13. 13p.
Subject
*HEPATITIS B virus
*REVERSE transcriptase
*VIRAL replication
*HEPATITIS C
Language
ISSN
2375-2548
Abstract
The article presents a study which described a method to initiate the replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV), a DNA virus, using synthetic RNA. Topics discussed include a test of whether HBV pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) could initiate the virus life cycle, the ability of HBV launch to identify drug resistance mutations de novo, and synthesis of HBV pgRNA.