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
Ultrastructural localization of Pre-S2 polypeptides in the liver tissues of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection
β Scribed by Takafumi Saito; Tomoteru Kamimura; Hitoshi Asakura; Makoto Ishikawa
- Book ID
- 114796664
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 945 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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