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The hepatitis B virus X gene: analysis of functional domain variation and gene phylogeny using multiple sequences.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 1995
Kidd-Ljunggren K, Oberg M, Kidd A H
Abstract excerpt
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) X gene shares sequences with both the polymerase and precore genes, carries several regulatory signals critical to the replicative cycle, and its product has a transactivating function. In this study, the X gene sequences of 29 HBV strains from 14 different countries were characterized and compared to all corresponding databank sequences where the origin of the strain was stated. The X...
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