The large (pre-S1), middle (pre-S2) and major (P24) polypeptides of HBsAg have been defined in detail, but their role in hepatitis B virus infection is not known. Therefore, we studied the expression of pre-S1, pre-S2 and P24 in the liver of 15 patients with acute or chronic hepatitis B virus infect
Analysis of hepatitis B virus transcripts in infected human livers
β Scribed by Tsung-Sheng Su; Wing-Yiu Lui; Ling-Huang Lin; Shou-Hwa Han; Fang-Ku P'eng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 744 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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