Occult infection related hepatitis B surface antigen variants showing lowered secretion capacity

Table 3 Classification of the ten novel mutants according to the secretion level of hepatitis B surface antigen and viral DNA formation capacity

Grouping	Mutants	sAg level		Viral DNA level
		Extracellular	Intracellular	Extracellular	Intracellular
I	TN	Positive	Positive	Higher than WT	Similar to WT
	TALR	Positive	Positive	Higher than WT	Similar to WT
II	ALK	Negative	Highly positive	Similar to WT	Similar to WT
	KD	Negative	Highly positive	Similar to WT	Similar to WT
III	CNR	Negative	Weakly positive	Higher than WT	Similar to WT
	LL	Weakly Positive	Weakly positive	Higher than WT	Higher than WT
	PAHS	Negative	Negative	Higher than WT	Similar to WT
IV	172R	Negative	Weakly positive	Lower than WT	Lower than WT
	182L	Negative	Weakly positive	Lower than WT	Lower than WT
V	Stop	Negative	Negative	Negative	Negative

sAg: Surface antigen; WT: Wild type.