Influence of overlapping genes on the evolution of human hepatitis B virus

Virology

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-48

  Torres, Carolina ^a,b   Fernández, María Dolores Blanco ^a,b   Flichman, Diego Martín ^a,b   Campos, Rodolfo Héctor ^a,b   Mbayed, Viviana Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Codon usage bias; Evolution; Hepatitis B virus; Overlapping genes; Selective pressure

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NONSYNONYMOUS SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNONYMOUS SUBSTITUTION; VIRUS EVOLUTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, OVERLAPPING; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84877598011     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.02.027     Document Type: Article

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