The middle hepatitis B virus envelope protein is not necessary for infectivity of hepatitis delta virus.
Sureau C, Guerra B, Lee H.
Sureau C, et al.
J Virol. 1994 Jun;68(6):4063-6. doi: 10.1128/JVI.68.6.4063-4066.1994.
J Virol. 1994.
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Although HDV-like particles can be assembled with only the S protein in the envelope, the L protein is essential for infectivity in vitro (C. Sureau, B. Guerra, and R. Lanford, J. Virol. 67:366-372, 1993). Here, we demonstrate that the M protein, previously describe …
Although HDV-like particles can be assembled with only the S protein in the envelope, the L protein is essential for infectivity in vitro ( …