Expression of the GB virus C E2 glycoprotein using the Semliki Forest virus vector system and its utility as a serologic marker

Virology

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 282-292

  Pilot Matias, Tami J ^a   Carrick, Robert J ^a   Coleman, Paul F ^a   Leary, Thomas P ^a   Surowy, Teresa K ^a   Simons, John N ^a   Muerhoff, A Scott ^a   Buijk, Sheri L ^a   Chalmers, Michelle L ^a   Dawson, George J ^a   Desai, Suresh M ^a   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ALPHAVIRUS; ANIMALIA; FLAVIVIRUS; GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; SEMLIKI FOREST VIRUS;

EID: 0030589002     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0602     Document Type: Article

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