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ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2021

Hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid uncoating: biological consequences and regulation by cellular nucleases.

Jin Hu, Liudi Tang, Junjun Cheng, Tianlun Zhou, Yuhuan Li, Jinhong Chang, Qiong Zhao, Ju-Tao Guo

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Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hepatitis B virus covalently closed circular DNA formation in murine hepatic cells uncovers a late entry block.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jin HuDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.
Liudi TangDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.
Junjun ChengDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3926-1481
Tianlun ZhouDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.
Yuhuan LiInstitute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Jinhong ChangDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-494X
Qiong ZhaoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1491-8205
Ju-Tao GuoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Doylestown, PA, USA.
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute · USChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upon infection of hepatocyte, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genomic DNA in nucleocapsid is transported into the nucleus and converted into a covalently closed circular (ccc) DNA to serve as the template for transcription of viral RNAs. Viral DNA in the cytoplasmic progeny nucleocapsid is another resource to fuel cccDNA amplification. Apparently, nucleocapsid disassembly, or viral genomic DNA uncoating, is an essential step for cccDNA synthesis from both

Indexed as

Cell LineCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseCytoplasmDNA, CircularDNA, ViralExodeoxyribonucleasesHepatitis B virusHepatocytesHep G2 CellsHumansImmunity, InnateMutationNucleocapsidNucleotidyltransferasesPhosphoproteinscGAS protein, humanCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseDNA, CircularDNA, ViralExodeoxyribonucleasesNucleotidyltransferasesPhosphoproteinsthree prime repair exonuclease 1cccDNAcyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)Hepatitis B virusnucleocapsidnucleocapsid uncoatingstimulator of interferon genes (STING)TREX1

Identifiers

PMID33870849
PMCPMC8812769
OpenAlexW3153590409

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