Comparative analysis of CpG islands among HBV genotypes.

DNA methylation is being increasingly recognized to play a role in regulation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene expression. The aim of this study was to compare the CpG island distribution among different HBV genotypes. We analyzed 176 full-length HBV genomic sequences obtained from the GenBank databa...

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Main Authors: Yongmei Zhang, Chenxiao Li, Yijun Zhang, Haoxiang Zhu, Yaoyue Kang, Hongyan Liu, Jinyu Wang, Yanli Qin, Richeng Mao, Yi Xie, Yuxian Huang, Jiming Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3579858?pdf=render