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Stronger enhancer II/core promoter activities of hepatitis B virus isolates of B2 subgenotype than those of C2 subgenotype.
Scientific reports - 27 Jul 2016
Qin Yanli, Zhou Xueshi, Jia Haodi, Chen Chaoyang, Zhao Weifeng, Zhang Jiming, Tong Shuping
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype C causes prolonged chronic infection and increased risk for liver cancer than genotype B. Our previous work revealed lower replication capacity of wild-type genotype C2 than B2 isolates. HBV DNA replication is driven by pregenomic RNA, which is controlled by core promoter (CP) and further augmented by enhancer I (ENI) and enhancer II (ENII). DNA fragments covering these regulatory...
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