Novel approaches to vaccine development against HBV

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 67-73

  Thanavala, Yasmin ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti idiotype; Hepatitis B virus; Peptide; Transgenic plant derived antigen; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; VIRUSES;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MONOCLONAL ANTI-IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; TRANSGENIC PLANT DERIVED ANTIGEN;

VACCINES;

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030059323     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(95)00117-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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