Expression, assembly competence and antigenic properties of hepatitis B virus core gene deletion variants from infected liver cells

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1777-1788

  Preikschat, Petra ^a   Borisova, Galina ^b   Borschukova, Olga ^b   Dislers, Andris ^b   Mezule, Guna ^b   Grens, Elmar ^b   Krüger, Detlev H ^a   Pumpens, Paul ^b   Meisel, Helga ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; LIVER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

DNA VIRUSES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0032986749     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-7-1777     Document Type: Article

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