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Enhancement of infection of HepG2 cells in culture by predigestion of hepadnavirus with V8 protease.

Methods for validation of hepatitis B virus inactivation.

Hepatocyte turnover during resolution of a transient hepadnaviral infection.

Molecular characterization of CD28 and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) of woodchuck (Marmota monax).

A hepadnavirus regulatory element enhances expression of a type 2 bovine viral diarrhea virus E2 protein from a bovine herpesvirus 1 vector.

Long-term high-dose interferon-alpha therapy delays Hepadnavirus-related hepatocarcinogenesis in X/myc transgenic mice.

Base pairing among three cis-acting sequences contributes to template switching during hepadnavirus reverse transcription.

Molecular aspects of hepatitis B viral infection and the viral carcinogenesis.

New hepatitis B virus of cranes that has an unexpected broad host range.

The replication strategy of foamy viruses.

Quantitative detection of hepadnavirus-infected lymphoid cells by in situ PCR combined with flow cytometry: implications for the study of occult virus persistence.

Conserved transactivating and pro-apoptotic functions of hepadnaviral X protein in ortho- and avihepadnaviruses.

Role of p50/CDC37 in hepadnavirus assembly and replication.

Genetic variability in hepatitis B viruses.

Detection of virus-like particles in the liver of black and white ruffed lemurs with hepatitis.

In vitro reconstitution of functional hepadnavirus reverse transcriptase with cellular chaperone proteins.

Detection of a new avian hepadnavirus with an unexpectedly broad host range.

Cross-resistance testing of antihepadnaviral compounds using novel recombinant baculoviruses which encode drug-resistant strains of hepatitis B virus.

Analysis of two genomic variants of orang-utan hepadnavirus and their relationship to other primate hepatitis B-like viruses.

Detection of transfusion transmitted virus in hepatic and extra hepatic tissues using in situ hybridization.