Effects of a naturally occurring mutation in the hepatitis B virus basal core promoter on precore gene expression and viral replication

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 5845-5851

  Buckwold, Victor E ^a   Xu, Zhichang ^b   Chen, Min ^a   Yen, T S Benedict ^b   Ou, Jing Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029817029     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.9.5845-5851.1996     Document Type: Article

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