In Vivo Suppression of Precore mRNA Synthesis Is Associated with Mutations in the Hepatitis B Virus Core Promoter

MUTATION PREVENTING FORMATION OF HEPATITIS B e ANTIGEN IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B INFECTION

William F. Carman, Stephanos J. Hadziyannis, Michael J. McGarvey et al. · The Lancet · 1989 · 1.2K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +8

Nucleotide sequence of the hepatitis B virus genome (subtype ayw) cloned in E. coli

Francis Galibert, Elisabeth Mandart, Françoise Fitoussi et al. · Nature · 1979 · 987 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +14

Complete Genomes, Phylogenetic Relatedness, and Structural Proteins of Six Strains of the Hepatitis B Virus, Four of Which Represent Two New Genotypes

Heléne Norder, Anne‐Marie Couroucé, L. O. Magnius · Virology · 1994 · 796 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +12

Hepatitis B virus with mutations in the core promoter for an e antigen-negative phenotype in carriers with antibody to e antigen

Hiroaki Okamoto, Fumio Tsuda, Y. Akahane et al. · Journal of Virology · 1994 · 489 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +13

Effects of a naturally occurring mutation in the hepatitis B virus basal core promoter on precore gene expression and viral replication

Victor E. Buckwold, Zhenming Xu, Min Chen et al. · Journal of Virology · 1996 · 480 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +17