Contamination off a recombinant hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid preparation with a human B-cell activator

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2535-2536

  Vanlandschoot, Peter ^a   Van Houtte, Freya ^a   Serruys, Benedikte ^a   Leroux Roels, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 33847221792     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02507-06     Document Type: Letter

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