Article
Hepatitis B virus genomic sequence in the circulation of hepatocellular carcinoma patients: comparative analysis of 40 full-length isolates.
Archives of virology - 1 Jan 1998
Takahashi K, Akahane Y, Hino K, Ohta Y, Mishiro S
Abstract excerpt
We determined full-length nucleotide sequence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome in sera from 40 Japanese patients with HBsAg-positive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), in order to obtain information on HCC-specific characteristics, if any, of the HBV genome. Direct sequencing of the long distance P...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genes, env
- Genome, Viral
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
- Hepatitis B virus
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
