Recombination of hepatitis D virus RNA sequences and its implications
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Recombination of hepatitis D virus RNA sequences and its implications.
Recombination between RNA sequences plays a role in the fast evolution of a few viruses. There has been no report on hepatitis D virus (HDV) recombination. In this study, we analyzed genetic recombination of HDV and its possible impact on evolution and clinical course. The aligned HDV sequences allowed us to construct a phylogenetic tree which supported the notion of distinct lineages of HDV. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026075