Article
Gradual accumulation of mutations in precore core region of HBV in patients with chronic active hepatitis: implications of clustering changes in a small region of the HBV core region.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 1996
Hur G M, Lee Y I, Suh D J, Lee J H, Lee Y I
Abstract excerpt
The sequence in the precore and core region of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome in the serum of five chronic active hepatitis patients at four different stages in each individual were studied by polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing to determine the prevalence and type of precore and cor...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA, Viral
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Genes, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Core Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis, Chronic
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
