Generation of hepatitis C virus-like particles by use of a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vector

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 12325-12334

  Ezelle, Heather J ^a   Markovic, Dubravka ^a   Barber, Glen N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS E2 PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VACCINATION; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HEPACIVIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0036889344     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.23.12325-12334.2002     Document Type: Article

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