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Following the entry of hepatitis B virus(HBV)into hepatocytes via NTCP receptor,the viral relaxed circular(rc)DNA genome is transported into the nucleus and converted into covalently closed circular(ccc)DNA with the help of cellular DNA repair machinery.CCC DNA associates with histones and assembles into episomal minichromosome,which is the transcriptional template for viral mRNA.