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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 91-103Publisher
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i1.91
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hepadnavirus; pararetroviruses; evolution; host range; genome; structure; virions; subviral particles; in vitro and in vivo infection; transport; fusion; endocytosis; hepatocellular differentiation; cccDNA; gene expression; morphogenesis and secretion
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The human hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) share several fundamental features. Both viruses have a partially double-stranded DNA genome that is replicated via a RNA intermediate and the coding open reading frames (ORFs) overlap extensively. In addition, the genomic and structural organization, as well as replication and biological characteristics, are very similar in both viruses. Most of the key features of hepadnaviral infection were first discovered in the DHBV model system and subsequently confirmed for HBV. There are, however, several differences between human HBV and DHBV This review will focus on the molecular and cellular biology, evolution, and host adaptation of the avian hepatitis B viruses with particular emphasis on DHBV as a model system. (c) 2007 The WJG Press. All rights reserved.
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