Project supported in part by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, № 2007CB914800) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (№ 30670959).
Aim: To identify mutants of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X (HBx) gene and investigate the effect of the natural mutant on liver cell proliferation. Methods: We identified natural mutants of the HBx gene from 188 ...