Abstract: However, in Huh7 cells stably expressing WT or the mutated
HBc proteins (
L60V,
S87G or
I97L), IFN-alpha could inhibit the extra- and intracellular HBV DNA level and
HBsAg secretion to a similar level compared to that in cells transfected with control plasmids.
Abstract: In this study, we investigated whether
HBc protein mutations at hot spots (
L60V,
S87G and
I97L) could still inhibit MxA transcription and the potential significance of this inhibition in virus replication in vitro.
Abstract: Moreover, the inhibitory effect on MxA gene transcription by the WT or mutated
HBc proteins (
L60V,
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Kansenshogaku zasshi
Abstract: The analysis of nucleotide sequences (codon 27-100) of HBV DNA in anti-
HBe positive sera showed that there were two hypervariable segments of codon 31-49 and codon 87-97, where amino acid substitutions of
L31I,
S49T,
S87G/N,
K96N and
I87F/1 frequently occurred regardless of the presence or absence of the mutation in the
pre-core region.