X-deficient woodchuck hepatitis virus mutants behave like attenuated viruses and induce protective immunity in vivo.

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Published in J Clin Invest on November 01, 2001

Authors

Z Zhang1, N Torii, Z Hu, J Jacob, T J Liang

Author Affiliations

1: Liver Diseases Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1800, USA.

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