Article
Genetic dissection of naturally occurring basal core promoter mutations of hepatitis B virus reveals a silent phenotype in the overlapping X gene.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2009
Hussain Zahid, Jung Hyeon-Sik, Ryu Dong-Kyun, Ryu Wang-Shick
Abstract excerpt
During chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, double substitution mutations in the basal core promoter (BCP) region frequently emerge that include A1762T/G1764A and the neighbouring C1766T/T1768A mutations, here termed BCP1 and BCP2, respectively. Due to a compact viral genome organization, BCP1 and BCP2 mutations result in amino acids changes in the overlapping X gene: K130M/V131I and F132Y, respectively. It...
Topics
- Cell Line
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Trans-Activators
- Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
