Characterization of a monoclonal antibody and its single-chain antibody fragment recognizing the nucleoside triphosphatase/helicase domain of the hepatitis C virus nonstructural 3 protein

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 58-63

  Zhang, Zhu Xu ^a   Lazdina, Una ^a   Chen, Margaret ^a   Peterson, Darrell L ^b   Sällberg, Matti ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033967839     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.7.1.58-63.2000     Document Type: Article

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