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YSDD: a novel mutation in HBV DNA polymerase confers clinical resistance to lamivudine.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jul 2003
Bozdayi A M, Uzunalimoğlu O, Türkyilmaz A R, Aslan N, Sezgin O, Sahin T, Bozdayi G, Cinar K, Pai S B, Pai R, Bozkaya H, Karayalçin S, Yurdaydin C, Schinazi R F
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of drug-resistant virus in hepatitis B virus (HBV) patients treated with lamivudine is well documented. In this study, we determined the mutations occurring in the tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate (YMDD) amino acid motif of the HBV DNA polymerase gene, as well as upstream and...
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