Identification of transforming hepatitis B virus S gene nonsense mutations derived from freely replicative viruses in hepatocellular carcinoma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Shiu Feng ^a,b,e   Chen, Ya Ting ^a   Lee, Wei Chen ^c   Chang, Il Chi ^a   Chiu, Yu Ting ^a   Chang, Yu ^a   Tu, Hsiao Chen ^a   Yuh, Chiou Hwa ^a   Matsuura, Isao ^a   Shih, Liang Yu ^b,f   Lai, Ming Wei ^c   Wu, Hong Dar Isaac ^d   Chen, Miin Fu ^c   Yeh, Chau Ting ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; STOP CODON; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS S GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPLICATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LIVER TUMOR; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; STOP CODON; VIROLOGY;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CODON, NONSENSE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84896087476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089753     Document Type: Article

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