Result: All the high replicating clones harbored
A1762T/
G1764A mutations, and all but the three non-
HCC clones harbored
G1896A precore mutation.
Result: Consistent with the high prevalence of
core promoter mutations in genotype C, especially at the advanced stages of
liver diseases, 34 of the 36 clones (including all the 20
HCC-derived clones) harbored the
A1762T/
G1764A double mutation.
Result: Finally, the only two clones lacking
A1762T/
G1764A mutations (12.1 and 12.3 from a non-