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Novel evidence suggests Hepatitis B virus surface proteins participate in regulation of HBV genome replication.
Virologica Sinica - 1 Apr 2011
Qiu Jian, Qin Bo, Rayner Simon, Wu Chun-chen, Pei Rong-juan, Xu Song, Wang Yun, Chen Xin-wen
Abstract excerpt
Naturally occurring mutations in surface proteins of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) usually result in altered hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) secretion efficiency. In the present study, we reported two conserved residues, M75 and M103 with respect to HBsAg, mutations of which not only attenuated HBsAg secretion (M75 only), but also suppressed HBV genome replication without compromising the overlapping p-gene...
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