Immune responses to the hepatitis C virus NS4A protein are profoundly influenced by the combination of the viral genotype and the host major histocompatibility complex

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2735-2746

  Zhang, Zhu Xu ^a   Chen, Margaret ^a,b   Hultgren, Catharina ^a   Birkett, Ashley ^c   Milich, David R ^b   Sällberg, Matti ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Immune Complex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030685837     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-78-11-2735     Document Type: Article

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