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Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx)-induced apoptosis in HuH-7 cells: influence of HBV genotype and basal core promoter mutations.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 May 2004
Kanda T, Yokosuka O, Imazeki F, Yamada Y, Imamura T, Fukai K, Nagao K, Saisho H
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious, world-wide problem. HBV genotype and basal core promoter (BCP) mutations affect the clinical course of HBV-infected patients. BCP mutations also lead to mutations at HBV X protein (HBx) codons 130/131. The functional significance of naturally occurring variants of human HBx remains largely unknown. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether HBV...
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