The G1613A Mutation in the HBV Genome Affects HBeAg Expression and Viral Replication through Altered Core Promoter Activity

• Man-Shan Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Man-Shan Li, Terrence Chi-Kong Lau

  Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Terrence Chi-Kong Lau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Man-Shan Li, Terrence Chi-Kong Lau

  Affiliation Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Sophie Ka-Ping Chan,

  Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Chi-Hang Wong,

  Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Patrick Kwok-Shing Ng,

  Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Joseph Jao-Yiu Sung,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Henry Lik-Yuen Chan,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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• Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui

  * E-mail: kwtsui@cuhk.edu.hk

  Affiliations School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China, Centre for Microbial Genomics and Proteomics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China

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