Identification of antigenic regions in the GB hepatitis viruses GBV-A, GBV-B, and GBV-C

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 329-338

  Pilot Matias, Tami J ^a   Muerhoff, A Scott ^a   Simons, John N ^a   Leary, Thomas P ^a   Buijk, Sheri L ^a   Chalmers, Michelle L ^a   Erker, James C ^a   Dawson, George J ^a   Desai, Suresh M ^a   Mushahwar, Isa K ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

CKS fusion; GB agent; Non A E hepatitis; PCR; Plaviviridae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITOPE MAPPING; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; EPITOPES; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SAGUINUS;

EID: 15844396984     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199604)48:4<329::AID-JMV6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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