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Abstract
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is a subviral agent dependent upon hepatitis B virus (HBV). HDV uses the envelope proteins of HBV to achieve assembly and infection of target cells. Otherwise, the replication of the RNA genome of HDV is totally different from that of its helper virus, and involves redirection of host polymerase activity. This chapter is concerned with recent developments in our understanding of the genome replication process.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19698896 DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3527(09)74003-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Virus Res ISSN: 0065-3527 Impact factor: 9.937