Characterization of a linear epitope in the nonstructural region 4 of hepatitis C virus with reactivity to seroconversion antibodies

Virology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-288

  Wienhues, Ulla ^a   Ihlenfeldt, Hans Georg ^a,b   Seidel, Christoph ^a   Schmitt, Urban ^a   Kraas, Wolfgang ^b   Jung, Günther ^b  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROCONVERSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032486470     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9163     Document Type: Article

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