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Duck hepatitis B virus polymerase gene mutants associated with resistance to lamivudine have a decreased replication capacity in vitro and in vivo.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 2001
Seignères B, Aguesse-Germon S, Pichoud C, Vuillermoz I, Jamard C, Trépo C, Zoulim F
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Hepatitis B virus mutants of the polymerase gene are frequently selected during lamivudine therapy for chronic hepatitis B. To study the biology of these mutants, we analyzed their replication capacity in the duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) infection. METHODS: The B and C domain polymerase mutants corresponding to the clinical isolates were engineered by site directed mutagenesis in the DHBV genome...
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