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Basic Characteristics of Mutations
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Mutation Site
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T165797C |
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Mutation Site Sentence
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Table 1 |
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Mutation Level
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Nucleotide level |
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Mutation Type
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Synonymous substitution |
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Gene/Protein/Region
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BARF1 |
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Standardized Encoding Gene
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BARF1
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Genotype/Subtype
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- |
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Viral Reference
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V01555
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Functional Impact and Mechanisms
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Disease
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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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Immune
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- |
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Target Gene
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-
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Clinical and Epidemiological Correlations
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Clinical Information
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- |
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Treatment
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- |
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Location
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Indonesia |
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Literature Information
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PMID
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20849661
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Title
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Conserved mutation of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded BamHI-A Rightward Frame-1 (BARF1) gene in Indonesian nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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Author
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Hutajulu SH,Hoebe EK,Verkuijlen SA,Fachiroh J,Hariwijanto B,Haryana SM,Stevens SJ,Greijer AE,Middeldorp JM
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Journal
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Infectious agents and cancer
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Journal Info
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2010 Sep 19;5:16
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: BamHI-A rightward frame-1 (BARF1) is a carcinoma-specific Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) encoded oncogene. Here we describe the BARF1 sequence diversity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), other EBV-related diseases and Indonesian healthy EBV carriers in relation to EBV genotype, viral load and serology markers. Nasopharyngeal brushings from 56 NPC cases, blood or tissue from 15 other EBV-related disorders, spontaneous B cell lines (LCL) from 5 Indonesian healthy individuals and several prototype EBV isolates were analysed by PCR-direct sequencing. RESULTS: Most NPC isolates revealed specific BARF1 nucleotide changes compared to prototype B95-8 virus. At the protein level these mutations resulted in 3 main substitutions (V29A, W72G, H130R), which are not considered to cause gross tertiary structure alterations in the hexameric BARF1 protein. At least one amino acid conversion was detected in 80.3% of NPC samples compared to 33.3% of non-NPC samples (p < 0.001) and 40.0% of healthy LCLs (p = 0.074). NPC isolates also showed more frequent codon mutation than non-NPC samples. EBV strain typing revealed most isolates as EBV type 1. The viral load of either NPC or non-NPC samples was high, but only in non- NPC group it related to a particular BARF1 variant. Serology on NPC sera using IgA/EBNA-1 ELISA, IgA/VCA-p18 ELISA and immunoblot score showed no relation with BARF1 sequence diversity (p = 0.802, 0.382 and 0.058, respectively). NPC patients had variable antibody reactivity against purified hexameric NPC-derived BARF1 irrespective of the endogenous BARF1 sequence. CONCLUSION: The sequence variation of BARF1 observed in Indonesian NPC patients and controls may reflect a natural selection of EBV strains unlikely to be predisposing to carcinogenesis. The conserved nature of BARF1 may reflect an important role in EBV (epithelial) persistence.
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Sequence Data
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