Elsevier, Structure, 1(21), p. 6-8, 2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.12.003
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Hepatitis B virus core gene products can adopt different conformations to perform their functional roles. In this issue of Structure, DiMattia and colleagues show the crystal structure of immuno-modulating HBeAg and thereby reveal the similarities and differences between it and HBcAg, the variant found in virions.