Long-term mutation rates in the hepatitis B virus genome

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-83

  Hannoun, Charles ^a   Horal, Peter ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTATION;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0033976871     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-1-75     Document Type: Article

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