Characterization of small hepatitis B surface antigen epitopes involved in binding to human annexin V

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-285

  De Meyer, S ^a   Depla, E ^b   Maertens, G ^b   Soumillion, A ^a   Yap, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Annexin V; Epitope; Hepatitis B; Small HBsAg

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; LIPOCORTIN 5; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VACCINE;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032839241     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.1999.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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