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Effects of a naturally occurring mutation in the hepatitis B virus basal core promoter on precore gene expression and viral replication
1 Sept 1996
Abstract excerpt
The basal core promoter (BCP) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) controls the transcription of both the precore RNA and the core RNA. The precore RNA codes for the secreted e antigen, while the core RNA codes for the major core protein and the DNA polymerase and also is the pregenomic RNA. The double mutation of nucleotides 1762 and 1764 in the BCP from A and G to T and A, respectively, is frequently observed in HBV...
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