The core promoter region of hepatitis B virus genomes regulates transcription of the precore and pregenomic mRNAs encoding hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) and core antigen that contain target epitopes for cytotoxic T lymphocytes. The prevalence and clinical significance of mutations in this region wer
Gradual accumulation of mutations in precore core region of HBV in patients with chronic active hepatitis: Implications of clustering changes in a small region of the HBV core region
β Scribed by Hur, Gang Min; Lee, Yoon Ik; Suh, Dong Jin; Lee, Jae Heun; Lee, Young Ik
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 789 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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