In silico functional and structural characterization of hepatitis B virus PreS/S-gene in Iranian patients infected with chronic hepatitis B virus genotype D

Objective: Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection is the most prevalent chronic liver disease and has become a serious threat to human health. In this study, we attempted to specify and predict several properties including physicochemical, mutation sites, B-cell epitopes, phosphorylation sites, N...

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Main Authors: Nastaran Khodadad, Seyed Saeed Seyedian, Afagh Moattari, Somayeh Biparva Haghighi, Roya Pirmoradi, Samaneh Abbasi, Manoochehr Makvandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020311762