DNA vector constructs that prime hepatitis B surface antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte and antibody responses in mice after intramuscular injection

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-40

  Böhm, Waltraud ^a   Kuhröber, Andreas ^a   Paier, Thomas ^a   Mertens, Thomas ^a   Reimann, Jörg ^a   Schirmbeck, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte response; DNA vector construct; Hepatitis B surface antigen; Virology

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0342973212     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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