Immunoreactive core peptides of hepatitis C virus produced in Escherichia coli and in vitro DNA amplification-restricted transcription-translation system

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Esumi, Mariko ^a   Hayashi, Nakanobu ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Shikata, Toshio ^a   Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^a   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Eto, Tatsuo ^b   Nishihara, Tsukasa ^b   Nozaki, Chikateru ^b   Mizuno, Kyosuke ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chemo Sero Therapeutic Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core protein; E. coli; Hepatitis C virus; In vitro transcription; In vitro translation

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029980079     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(96)02025-3     Document Type: Article

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