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. 2000 Oct;48(1):27-37.
doi: 10.1016/s0166-3542(00)00114-5.

A quantitative competitive PCR assay for the covalently closed circular form of the duck hepatitis B virus

W R Addison  1 , W W Wong, K P Fischer, D L Tyrrell
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A quantitative competitive PCR assay for the covalently closed circular form of the duck hepatitis B virus

W R Addison et al. Antiviral Res. 2000 Oct.

Abstract

A crucial step in the establishment and maintenance of a hepadnavirus infection is the formation of a pool of covalently closed circular viral genomes in the nucleus. Changes in the size of this pool occur when an infection is established, when acute infections are resolved, and when chronic infections are treated with antiviral drugs. However, the lack of a quantitative assay for the cccDNA form of the virus has hampered study of the biology of this replication intermediate. In response to this need we have devised a sensitive and accurate competitive PCR assay that is highly selective for the cccDNA form of the duck hepatitis B virus. Since only small amounts of DNA are needed for the assay, cccDNA pool sizes can be monitored in live animals using DNA derived from needle biopsies of infected liver.

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