Hepatitis B virus capsid: Localization of the putative immunodominant loop (residues 78 to 83) on the capsid surface, and implications for the distinction between c and e-antigens

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1111-1121

  Conway, J F ^a   Cheng, N ^a   Zlotnick, A ^a   Stahl, S J ^a   Wingfield, P T ^a   Belnap, D M ^a   Kanngiesser, U ^b   Noah, M ^b   Steven, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Behring Diagnostics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo electron microscopy; Hepatitis B virus core antigen; Immunodominant epitope; Three dimensional image reconstruction; Virus capsid structure

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; VIRUS CAPSID;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0032568864     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1845     Document Type: Article

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