title: Recent studies on replication of hepatitis B virus.
abstract: Recent results are reviewed on the role of the HBx protein in virion production, the significance of phosphorylation in core protein for RNA encapsidation, intracellular transport of the HBV genome, the morphogenesis of virions, and the early stages of infection in cell cultures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Virology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kann
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Gerlich
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D002213:Capsid; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000821:virology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014758:Viral Core Proteins