Characterisation of a panel of monoclonal antibodies raised against recombinant HCV core protein

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-229

  Ferns, R Bridget ^a   Tuke, Philip W ^a   Sweenie, Claire H ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti HCV core monoclonals; HCV core expression

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029851282     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199611)50:3<221::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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