From DCPD to NTCP: The long journey towards identifying a functional hepatitis B virus receptor

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the prototype of hepatotropic DNA viruses (hepadnaviruses) infecting a wide range of human and non-human hosts. Previous studies with duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) identified duck carboxypeptidase D (dCPD) as a host specific binding partner for full-length large envelope p...

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Main Authors: Jisu Li, Shuping Tong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of the Liver 2015-09-01
Series:Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
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Online Access:http://e-cmh.org/upload/pdf/cmh-21-193.pdf