Immunization of mice with plasmid DNA expressing the measles virus nucleoprotein gene

Viral Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Fooks, A R ^a   Jeevarajah, D ^a   Warnes, A ^a   Wilkinson, G W G ^a,b   Clegg, J C S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEASLES VACCINE; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; MEASLES VIRUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0029934566     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.1996.9.65     Document Type: Article

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