Article
Detection of hepatitis B virus X gene and PreC promoter mutations from chronic hepatitis B patients in the south of Turkey.
Molekuliarnaia genetika, mikrobiologiia i virusologiia - 1 Jan 2013
Dogen Aylin, Kaplan Engin, Serin Mehmet Sami, Oksuz Zehra, Tezcan Seda, Aslan Gonul, Sezgin Orhan, Altintas Engin, Emekdas Gurol
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a global health problem with more than 2 billion infected individuals. HBV infection leads to diverse outcomes ranging from acute to chronic hepatitis, which may result in severe complications as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HBV is one o...
Topics
- Genes, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Mutation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Trans-Activators
- Turkey
- Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
