Whole genome analysis of hepatitis B virus from four cases of fulminant hepatitis: Genetic variability and its potential role in disease pathogenicity

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 173-181

  Alexopoulou, A ^a   Karayiannis, P ^a   Hadziyannis, S J ^b   Hou, J ^a,c   Pickering, J ^a   Luo, K ^c   Thomas, H C ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus; Precore variants; Whole genome sequence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030180242     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1996.tb00092.x     Document Type: Article

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