Expression, characterization, and immunoreactivities of a soluble hepatitis E virus putative capsid protein species expressed in insect cells

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-428

  Zhang, Yifan ^a   Mcatee, Patrick ^a   Yarbough, Patrice O ^a   Tam, Albert W ^a   Fuerst, Thomas ^a  

^a Genelabs Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS VIRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0030860630     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.4.423-428.1997     Document Type: Article

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