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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3579858 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yongmei Y Li Chenxiao C Zhang Yijun Y Zhu Haoxiang H Kang Yaoyue Y Liu Hongyan H Wang Jinyu J Qin Yanli Y Mao Richeng R Xie Yi Y Huang Yuxian Y Zhang Jiming J
PloS one 20130222 2
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 database, belonging to genotypes A through J, to identify the CpG islands in the HBV genomes. Our results showed that while 79 out of 176 sequences contained three conventional CpG islands (I-III) as previo ...[more]