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Mutation Information
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Mutation Site
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E77Q |
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Mutation Type
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Amino acid level |
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Gene/Protein/Region Type
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C |
Literature Information
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PubMed PMID
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16378961
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Published Year
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2006 |
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Journal
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Journal of virology |
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Title
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Point mutations upstream of hepatitis B virus core gene affect DNA replication at the step of core protein expression. |
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Author
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Guarnieri M,Kim KH,Bang G,Li J,Zhou Y,Tang X,Wands J,Tong S |
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Evidence
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Since the E77Q mutation present in the core gene of N4-based constructs greatly reduces the sensitivity of HBeAg detection by a commercial polyclonal antibody (Dako) (K. Kim and S. Tong, unpublished), we introduced a Q77E mutation back into these constructs.
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