T1764G1766 core promoter double mutants are restricted to Hepatitis B virus strains with an A1757 and are common in genotype D

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2451-2458

  Sendi, Hossein ^a,b,c   Mehrab Mohseni, Marjan ^a,c   Zali, Mohammad R ^c   Norder, Helene ^a,b   Magnius, Lars O ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 23844488941     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81023-0     Document Type: Article

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