ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2015
Hepadnavirus Genome Replication and Persistence.
Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers.
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96 citing papers in PubMed, 148 citations in OpenAlex.
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- DNA synthesis inside the hepatitis B virus creates a high-energy spool.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Interferon alpha-inducible protein 27 (IFI27) inhibits hepatitis B virus (HBV) transcription through downregulating cellular transcription factor C/EBPα.Journal of virology · 2025Article
- Hepatitis B Virus Nucleocapsid Assembly.Journal of molecular biology · 2025Review
- Utility of Serum HBV RNA Measurement During Nucleoside/Nucleotide Analog Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- HBV p22-interacting protein C1QBP inhibits viral replication through impeding nucleocapsid formation and nuclear import.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Epigenetic drugs against human DNA viruses and retroviruses.Antiviral research · 2025Review
- Host 3' flap endonuclease Mus81 plays a critical role in trimming the terminal redundancy of hepatitis B virus relaxed circular DNA during covalently closed circular DNA formation.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- From the Cytoplasm into the Nucleus-Hepatitis B Virus Travel and Genome Repair.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Prediction of cccDNA dynamics in hepatitis B patients by a combination of serum surrogate markers.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Generation of Replication-Competent Hepatitis B Virus Harboring Tagged Polymerase for Visualization and Quantification of the Infection.Microbiology and immunology · 2025Article
- Targeting HBV cccDNA Levels: Key to Achieving Complete Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Mechanisms underlying the compromised clinical efficacy of interferon in clearing HBV.Virology journal · 2024Review
- NEDD4 family ubiquitin ligase AIP4 interacts with Alix to enable HBV naked capsid egress in an Alix ubiquitination-independent manner.PLoS pathogens · 2024Article
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- Tripartite Motif-Containing Protein 65 (TRIM65) Inhibits Hepatitis B Virus Transcription.Viruses · 2024Article
- Roles Played by DOCK11, a Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, in HBV Entry and Persistence in Hepatocytes.Viruses · 2024Review
- Multiscale modeling of HBV infection integrating intra- and intercellular viral propagation to analyze extracellular viral markers.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Hallmarks of the hepadnavirus replication cycle are the formation of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) and the reverse transcription of a pregenomic RNA (pgRNA) in core particles leading to synthesis of the relaxed circular DNA (rcDNA) genome. cccDNA, the template for viral RNA transcription, is the basis for the persistence of these viruses in infected hepatocytes. In this review, we summarize the current state of knowledge on the mechanisms of hepadnavirus reverse transcription and the biochemical and structural properties of the viral reverse transcriptase (RT). We highlight important gaps in knowledge regarding cccDNA biosynthesis and stability. In addition, we discuss the impact of current antiviral therapies on viral persistence, particularly on cccDNA.
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