Crystal structure of a recombinant form of the maltodextrin-binding protein carrying an inserted sequence of a B-cell epitope from the preS2 region of hepatitis B virus

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Saul, F A ^a   Vulliez le Normand, B ^a   Lema, F ^a   Bentley, G A ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

epitope insertion; recombinant protein; viral antigen; x ray structure

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; MALTODEXTRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031031878     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199701)27:1<1::AID-PROT2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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