1H, 13C and 15N NMR assignments of Duck HBV primer loop of the encapsidation signal epsilon

Abstract

The replication of the hepatitis B virus is initiated by binding of the viral reverse transcriptase protein complex to the apical stem loop of the epsilon element to place it next to the primer loop, from which a four nucleotide DNA primer is subsequently synthesized. Here, we present the 1H/ 13C/ 15N NMR assignments of the bases and sugars of the 37 residues primer loop of Duck HBV epsilon (BMRB-entry 15786). © The Author(s) 2008.