Localization of the amino terminus of the hepatitis B virus core antigen within the core particle

Virus Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Karpenko, Larisa I ^a   Ryazankin, Igor A ^a   Chikaev, Nikolay A ^b   Kolesnikova, Larisa V ^a   Ilyichev, Alexander A ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER OF VIROLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY VECTOR   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND FUNDAMENTAL MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antigenic determinants; Expression m Escherichia coli; Hepatitis B virus; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CORE;

BINDING, COMPETITIVE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031434766     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1702(97)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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