Prevalence of Mutations in Core Promoter/Precore Region in Japanese Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

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

Hepatitis D, Autoimmune Disease, Hepatology +10

Typing Hepatitis B Virus by Homology in Nucleotide Sequence: Comparison of Surface Antigen Subtypes

Hiroaki Okamoto, Fumio Tsuda, Hiroshi Sakugawa et al. · Journal of General Virology · 1988 · 1.1K citations

Hepatitis B viruses with precore region defects prevail in persistently infected hosts along with seroconversion to the antibody against e antigen

Hiroaki Okamoto, S Yotsumoto, Y. Akahane et al. · Journal of Virology · 1990 · 518 citations · Full text

Vaccination, Viral Replication, Molecular Virology +15

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 · 488 citations · Full text

Genetics, Immunology, Hepatitis B +17

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 · 476 citations · Full text

Viral Replication, Genetics, Immunology +16