Characterization of two hepatitis B virus populations in a single Korean hepatocellular carcinoma patient with an HBeAg-negative serostatus: A novel X-gene-deleted strain with inverted duplication sequences of upstream enhancer site II

Intervirology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Kim, Hong ^a   Jee, Youngmee ^b   Mun, Ho Suk ^a   Park, Ju Hee ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Kim, Yoon Jun ^a   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a   Hyun, Jin Won ^c   Hwang, Eung Soo ^a   Cha, Chang Yong ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a   Kim, Bum Joon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Hepatitis B virus, X gene deleted; Hepatocellular cancer; Korea

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTEIN X; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CANCER PATIENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING; CODON; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 34447618619     PISSN: 03005526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103915     Document Type: Article

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