MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
DNA synthesis inside the hepatitis B virus creates a high-energy spool
Nora Gibes, Katie Culhane, Haitao Liu…·Joseph Che‐Yen Wang
The paper determines the structures of mature HBV and Duck HBV, revealing that DNA forms a spool within the capsid that interacts with interior charges and creates a metastable state for genome uncoating.