Article
Mutations of the X region of hepatitis B virus and their clinical implications.
Pathology international - 1 Apr 1997
Uchida T, Saitoh T, Shinzawa H
Abstract excerpt
Nucleotide (nt) sequences of the X region of more than 130 hepatitis B virus (HBV) isolates were determined and derived from patients with a variety of clinical features. Correlation of nt substitutions with clinicopathological characteristics was attempted. The X region (465nt) is crucial for th...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Biomarkers
- DNA, Viral
- Genome, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Trans-Activators
