Article
Molecular variants of hepatitis B virus.
Clinics in laboratory medicine - 1 Jun 1996
Carman W F
Abstract excerpt
Variation in the genome of hepatitis B virus has been associated with a number of clinical parameters, but there is a paucity of functional data to show a causal relationship. For example, variants of the core and X genes have been linked with the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis, viral replicat...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Hepatitis B virus
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Viral Core Proteins