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Hepatitis B virus X gene 1751 to 1764 mutations: implications for HBeAg status and disease.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jun 1997
Kidd-Ljunggren K, Oberg M, Kidd A H
Abstract excerpt
A translational stop in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore codon 28 and specific changes in the core promoter region of the X gene have been suggested to influence the level of circulating HBeAg in patients. We analysed the core promoter region and precore sequences from 59 HBV strains (including 14 from the databank) of different genotypes and from patients with different HBeAg/anti-HBe patterns. The initiator...
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