Abstract: A change in the amino acid sequences at positions 130 and 131 in the HBV-
X protein (
M130K and
V131I) produced by T-A point mutations at the nucleic acids level has been associated with severe
liver damage and
HCC in patients from China and Africa.
Introduction: A double point mutation with a transversion nucleotide from adenine to thymine at nucleotide 1762,
K130M with a transition from adenine to guanine at position 1764
V131I (T-A mutations), has been found more frequently in patients with
hepatic tumors than in asymptomatic chronic patients from China and Africa.