Hepatitis B virus genomic sequence in the circulation of hepatocellular carcinoma patients: Comparative analysis of 40 full-length isolates

Archives of Virology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2313-2326

  Takahashi, K ^a   Akahane, Y ^b   Hino, K ^c   Ohta, Y ^a   Mishiro, S ^a  

^a Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c Hepatitis Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ISOLATION; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; HEPATITIS B; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENES, ENV; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032418990     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007050050463     Document Type: Article

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