Plasmid DNA expressing a secreted or a nonsecreted form of hepatitis C virus nucleocapsid: Comparative studies of antibody and T-helper responses following genetic immunization

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Inchauspe, Genevieve ^a   Vitvitski, Ludmila ^a   Major, Marian E ^a,d   Jung, Gunther ^b   Spengler, Ulrich ^c   Maisonnas, Mireille ^a   Trepo, Christian ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Division of Viral Products   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PLASMID DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

EID: 0031050444     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.185     Document Type: Article

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