Baculovirus expression of chimeric hepatitis B virus core particles with hepatitis E virus epitopes and their use in a hepatitis E immunoassay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 438-441

  Touze, Antoine ^a   Enogat, Nathalie ^a   Buisson, Yves ^b   Coursaget, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HEPATITIS E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN STRUCTURE; INSECT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0032935258     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.438-441.1999     Document Type: Article

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