title: Presence of a translational stop codon in the precore region of HBVDNA in the HBeAg positive stage of chronic hepatitis B.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michitaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horiike
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003062:Codon / Q000032:analysis*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000382:microbiology*; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004279:DNA, Viral; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens; D012333:RNA, Messenger