Article
Heterogeneity of hepatitis delta antigen.
Virology - 1 Sept 1990
Xia Y P, Chang M F, Wei D, Govindarajan S, Lai M M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis delta antigen (HDAg) is the only known protein encoded by the hepatitis delta virus (HDV). Two HDAg species of different sizes have been detected in the sera and livers of the infected humans, chimpanzees, and woodchucks, even though only one RNA species was previously identified in most of the HDV strains. To study HDAg heterogeneity, we took advantage of the fact that a single base mutation at...
Topics
- Antigens, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Genes, Regulator
- Genetic Variation
- Hepatitis Delta Virus
- Hepatitis delta Antigens
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Viral
- Restriction Mapping