Transgenic mouse expressing a full-length hepatitis C virus cDNA

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-158

  Matsuda, Jun Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Misao ^b   Nozaki, Chikateru ^a   Shinya, Noriko ^a   Tashiro, Kayo ^a   Mizuno, Kyousuke ^a   Uchinuno, Youichi ^a   Yamamura, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a Chemo Sero Therapeutic Research Institute   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Human serum amyloid P component (hSAP) promoter; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID P COMPONENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031940344     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00543.x     Document Type: Article

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