title: Hepatitis B virus integration in hepatocellular carcinoma DNA: duplication of cellular flanking sequences at the integration site.
abstract: The integrated form of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the human hepatoma cell line huH2-2 and its cellular counterpart sequence have been cloned and analyzed. Blot hybridization analysis and nucleotide sequencing indicated that a single copy of the 1895-base-pair (bp) subgenomic region of HBV DNA, spanning from the middle of pre-S to the end of gene X, was integrated and flanked by the 12-bp directly repeating cellular sequences. A comparison of the sequencing data with that of the cellular counterpart DNA indicated the absence of deletion and rearrangement in the cellular flanking DNA following integration of the 1895-bp HBV DNA, except for generation of the 12-bp direct repeat at the virus-cell junction. A possible model for the mechanism of HBV integration is proposed.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yaginuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes