Two core promotor mutations identified in a hepatitis B virus strain associated with fulminant hepatitis result in enhanced viral replication

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2268-2276

  Baumert, Thomas F ^a,b   Rogers, Steven A ^a   Hasegawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Liang, T Jake ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

core promotor; encapsidation; HBX gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

EID: 0029829534     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119037     Document Type: Article

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