title: Chromosome deletions associated with hepatitis B virus integration.
abstract: Integrated hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is often found in hepatocellular carcinomas which develop in HBV carriers. We previously found that chromosomal abnormalities such as translocations and inversions are often associated with HBV integration. Here we report deletions that were found with three integrants, by comparing the physical maps of the flanking cellular DNA of the integrants with those of the unoccupied cellular sequences. The sizes of the deletions were 25, 12, and 11 kb, respectively. Each integrant carried only a small fragment of the viral genome, from which the cohesive end region, the preferred site of integration, was deleted. We speculate that these deletions were made from primary integrants by recombination of regions between the viral DNA and the flanking cellular sequence.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsubara
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016662:Virus Integration / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral