Integration of hepatitis B virus containing mutations in the core promoter/X gene in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 795-800

  Momosaki, S ^a   Hsia, C C ^a   Nakashima, Y ^b   Kojiro, M ^b   Tabor, E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core promoter; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Integration; Mutation

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME WALKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME WALKING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENE; X GENE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; VIROLOGY;

AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 1542494151     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00462-6     Document Type: Article

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