Expression and immunogenicity of sequence-modified human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype B pol and gagpol DNA vaccines

Journal of Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6197-6207

  Zur Megede, Jan ^a   Otten, Gillis R ^a   Doe, Barbara ^a   Liu, Hong ^a   Leung, Louisa ^a   Ulmer, Jeffrey B ^a   Donnelly, John J ^a   Barnett, Susan W ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; GAGPOL PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; POL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; VACCINATION; VIREMIA;

AIDS VACCINES; ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; FUSION PROTEINS, GAG-POL; GENE PRODUCTS, GAG; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; IMMUNIZATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUTATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0038703642     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.11.6197-6207.2003     Document Type: Article

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