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Hepatitis B virus splicing is enhanced prior to development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 2013
Bayliss Julianne, Lim Lucy, Thompson Alexander J V, Desmond Paul, Angus Peter, Locarnini Stephen, Revill Peter A
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome encodes specific sequence elements which promote splicing of viral DNA. It has been previously suggested that spliced HBV (spHBV) variants promote viral replication and protein production, leading to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this stu...
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