A new and sensitive method for the quantification of HBV cccDNA by real-time PCR

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1102-1107

  He, Ming Liang ^a   Wu, Jun ^a,b   Chen, Ying ^a,c   Lin, Marie C ^a   Lau, George K K ^c   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

HBV cccDNA; HBV quantification; Hepatitis B virus; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENE;

CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0036343697     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)00813-6     Document Type: Article

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