Identification of a murine CD4+ T-lymphocyte response site in hepatitis C virus core protein

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 703-709

  Chen, Ziping ^a   Berkower, Ira ^b   Ching, Wei Mei ^c   Wang, R Yuan Hu ^d   Alter, Harvey J ^a   Shih, J Wai Kuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Biologics Evaluation/Res   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

epitope mapping; H 2 congenic mice; HCV; immune responses; T helper epitope; truncated recombinant core proteins

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0030151992     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(96)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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