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Hepadnaviruses- HBV<br />

• circular, partial dsDNA genome<br />

• transcribed by host RNAP<br />

• generates several mRNA molecules<br />

• one for pregenome RNA<br />

• others encode polymerase with reverse<br />

transcriptase activity<br />

• pregenome converted to dsDNA by virus polymerase<br />

(+RNA -DNA 2S DNA)<br />

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