Recombinant hepatitis E capsid protein self-assembles into a dual-domain T = 1 particle presenting native virus epitopes

Virology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Xing, Li ^a   Kato, Kenzo ^b   Li, Tiancheng ^b   Takeda, Naokazu ^b   Miyamura, Tatsuo ^b   Hammar, Lena ^a   Cheng, R Holland ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryo EM image reconstruction; Human hepatitis E virus; Quasi equivalence; Recombinant virus like particle

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; EPITOPE;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS CAPSID;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MIRIDAE; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033527896     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.0005     Document Type: Article

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