Mutated epitopes of hepatitis B surface antigen fused to the core antigen of the virus induce antibodies that react with the native surface antigen

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-166

  Shiau, Ai Li ^a,b   Murray, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fusion protein; hepatitis B; mutant antigen; serological specificity; vaccine

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION; VIRUS MUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ARGININE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0030969453     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199703)51:3<159::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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