Hepatitis C virus envelope DNA-based immunization elicits humoral and cellular immune responses

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 444-451

  Lee, Seung Woo ^a   Cho, Jaé Ho ^a   Lee, Ki Jeong ^a   Sung, Young Chul ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DNA Immunization; Envelope Proteins; HCV; Immune Response

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY COMBINING SITE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUFFALO RAT; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN COS1; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; RAT; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BINDING SITES, ANTIBODY; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED BUF; VACCINATION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032584811     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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