Hepatitis core antigen
thumb|Schematic overview of the hepatitis B virus particle. HBcAg is a constituent of the nucleocapsid core (green hexagon). thumb|The genome organisation of HBV. Some genes overlap. (ORF Core, at bottom left, encodes HBcAg.
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- Structure and function
- Interactions
- See also
- References
thumb|Schematic overview of the hepatitis B virus particle. HBcAg is a constituent of the nucleocapsid core (green hexagon). thumb|The genome organisation of HBV. Some genes overlap. (ORF Core, at bottom left, encodes HBcAg.
HBcAg (core antigen) is a hepatitis B viral protein. It is an indicator of active viral replication; this means the person infected with Hepatitis B can likely transmit the virus on to another person (i.e. the person is infectious).