A new genotype of hepatitis B virus: Complete genome and phylogenetic relatedness

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Stuyver, Lieven ^a,e   De Gendt, Sija ^a   Van Geyt, Caroline ^a   Zoulim, Fabien ^b   Fried, Michael ^c   Schinazi, Raymond F ^d   Rossau, Rudi ^a  

^a INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PHARMASSET INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0033957572     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-1-67     Document Type: Article

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