Differentiation of core gene products of the hepatitis B virus in infected liver tissue using monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-138

  Naoumov, Nikolai V ^a   Antonov, Krassimir A ^a,d   Miska, Stefan ^b   Bichko, Vadim ^b,c,e   Williams, Roger ^a   Will, Hans ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

^d Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Bulgaria)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Hepatitis B core antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Monoclonal anti HBc

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030863334     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199710)53:2<127::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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