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Detection of hepatitis B surface antigen mutants and their integration in human hepatocellular carcinoma.
Cancer letters - 8 Feb 1999
Oon C J, Chen W N, Zhao Y, Teng S W, Leong A L
Abstract excerpt
Vaccine escape hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) mutants are capable of independent replication and have been implicated in acute hepatitis. We now report the detection of these mutants with changes at various positions of the antigenic 'a' determinant in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Southern blot analysis indicated that the HBsAg mutant with the Glycine to Arginine change at position 145 was...
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