Bifunctional recombinant fusion proteins for rapid detection of antibodies to both HIV-1 and HIV-2 in whole blood

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gupta, Amita ^a   Chaudhary, Vijay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV); RECOMBINANT MOLECULES;

ANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

BLOOD;

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

ANTIBODIES, BISPECIFIC; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 33750005374     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-6-39     Document Type: Article

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