Wild-type levels of pregenomic RNA and replication but reduced pre-C RNA and e-antigen synthesis of hepatitis B virus with C(1653)→T, A(1762)→T and G(1764)→A mutations in the core promoter

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Günther, Stephan ^a   Piwon, Nils ^a,b   Will, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Zentrum F Molec Neurobiologie H   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031984485     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-2-375     Document Type: Article

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