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. 2017 Feb 24;13(2):e1006239. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006239

Fig 8. Effect of FoxA-deletion on HBV DNA methylation in adult mouse liver.

Fig 8

The percentage of CpG DNA methylation at each position within the HBV genome from male (A) and female (B) FoxA-expressing (HBVFoxA2fl/flAlbCre(-), HBVFoxA1fl/flFoxA2fl/flAlbCre(-) and HBVFoxA1fl/flFoxA2fl/flFoxA3+/-AlbCre(-)) and FoxA-deleted (HBVFoxA2fl/flAlbCre(+), HBVFoxA1fl/flFoxA2fl/flAlbCre(+) and HBVFoxA1fl/flFoxA2fl/flFoxA3+/-AlbCre(+)) HBV transgenic mice is shown. The positions of the viral transcription initiation sites for the X-gene (X RNA), the precore/pregenomic transcripts (C RNA), the large surface antigen transcript (PS RNA) and the middle/major surface antigen transcript (S RNA) are shown. The locations of the FoxA binding sites and CpG island within the HBV genome are also indicated. (C) The average percent methylation of the CpG sites spanning nucleotide coordinate 1–706 is correlated with the level of serum HBeAg.