The capsid of the hepatitis B virus has a very unique structure. It is composed of many monomers which interact to provide flexibility to its structure and function. Hepatitis B virus (HBV ...

The capsid shell of infectious hepatitis B virus (HBV) is composed of 240 copies of a single ... we reconstructed a 3.5Å-resolution structure of a recombinant core assembled from full-length HBc by ...

Here the authors look at why macaque is non-susceptible to hepatitis B virus by focusing on the protein structure of the host receptor homolog. They show that macaque-derived host receptor homolog ...