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Editorial
. 2014 Apr;146(4):902-5.
doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.02.024. Epub 2014 Feb 24.

Identification of NTCP as an HBV receptor: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Shuping Tong  1 , Jisu Li  2
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Editorial

Identification of NTCP as an HBV receptor: the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning?

Shuping Tong et al. Gastroenterology. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

See “Hepatitis B and D viruses exploit sodium taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide for species-specific entry into hepatocytes,” by Ni Y, Lempp FA, Mehrle S, et al, on page 1070.

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