A novel deletion mutant of hepatitis B virus surface antigen

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Weinberger, Klaus M ^a   Zoulek, Gert ^b   Bauer, Tanja ^a   Böhm, Stephan ^a   Jilg, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Diagn Lab G Zoulek and Coll   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clonal analysis; Deletion mutant; Direct sequencing; Genetic variant; Serology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032915573     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199906)58:2<105::AID-JMV1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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