Intracellular production of African horsesickness virus core-like particles by expression of the two major core proteins, VP3 and VP7, in insect cells

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Maree, S ^a   Durbach, S ^b   Huismans, H ^c  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTYPE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS 9; AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; EQUUS CABALLUS; INSECTA; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031964772     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-79-2-333     Document Type: Article

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