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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 the replication and expression of HBV because the X protein transactivates the HBV genes and this region contains the...
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