Characterization of humoral and CD4+ cellular responses after genetic immunization with retroviral vectors expressing different forms of the hepatitis B virus core and e antigens?

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 5295-5303

  Sällberg, Matti ^a,b,c   Townsend, Kay ^b   Chen, Margaret ^a   O'Dea, Joanna ^b   Banks, Theresa ^b   Jolly, Douglas J ^b   Chang, Steven M ^b   Lee, William T ^b   Milich, David R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP E ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE TRANSFER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

EID: 1842299314     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.7.5295-5303.1997     Document Type: Article

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