Diagram of Hepatitis B virus particle structure. Image Credit: Moonnoon / Shutterstock. HBeAg (a variant of the HBcAg) is a secreted protein expressed by HBV. HBeAg has 2 main functional parts.

The HBV is a small DNA virus with a complex structure. It has an outer shell and an inner core, which contains the genetic material responsible for the infection. It spreads through bodily fluids ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is known to be associated with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but how and why ...

Hepatitis B virus articles from across Nature Portfolio. ... Structure-based methods using geometric deep learning improve generalizability in predicting MHC-bound peptides, ...

Structure of antiviral drug bulevirtide bound to hepatitis B and D virus receptor protein NTCP. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46706-w Cite This Page : ...

Structure and Genome of Hepatitis B Virus. HBV is quite small compared to many other viruses, measuring just 3.2 kb in genome size. Unlike typical DNA viruses, ...

Introduction. Hepatitis δ virus (HDV) was first detected 33 years ago in patients with a more severe form of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. [] It was identified in both liver biopsies and the ...

Use the tweezers to pull out a segment of DNA from the hepatitis B virus. A subunit vaccine makes use of just a small portion of a pathogen. For a virus, the vaccine can contain just a piece of ...