The DE loop of the domain III of the envelope protein appears to be associated with West Nile virus neutralization

Virus Research

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 216-218

  Choi, Kang Seuk ^a   Nah, Jin Ju ^a   Ko, Young Joon ^a   Kim, Yong Joo ^a   Joo, Yi Seok ^a  

^a Animal Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

E protein; Neutralizing epitope; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 5E8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 33845986356     PISSN: 01681702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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