Mutations of Glucocorticoid Responsive Element of HBV DNA

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-174

  Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Sata, Michio ^a   Sasaki, Masaru ^a   Murashima, Shirou ^a   Akiyoshi, Fuyuhiko ^a   Noguchi, Seiji ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AP 1; Glucocorticoid responsive element (GRE); Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Mutation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 0031720958     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.45.171     Document Type: Article

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