HCV core immunodominant region analysis using mouse monoclonal antibodies and human sera: Characterization of major epitopes useful for antigen detection

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 300-309

  Jolivet Reynaud, Colette ^a,c   Dalbon, Pascal ^a   Viola, Florence ^a   Yvon, Stéphane ^a   Paranhos Baccala, Glauricia ^a   Piga, Nadia ^a   Bridon, Laurence ^a   Trabaud, Mary Anne ^b   Battail, Nicole ^a   Sibai, Geneviève ^a   Jolivet, Michel ^a  

^a Departement des Immunoessais   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Anti HCV core monoclonal antibodies; Clinical diagnosis; Core peptides; Immune response

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CORE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MICE; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIREMIA;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0031739611     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199812)56:4<300::AID-JMV3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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