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A preS mutation isolated from a patient with chronic hepatitis B infection leads to virus retention and misassembly.
Gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1997
Bock C T, Tillmann H L, Maschek H J, Manns M P, Trautwein C
Abstract excerpt
A preS mutation derived from a patient with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection who had HBV reinfection with fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis after orthotopic liver transplantation was characterized. Sequence analysis of the HBV genome revealed two deletions and a point mutation in the regulatory CCAAT element of the S promoter. To investigate the particular preS mutation for replication competence and viral...
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