Monoclonal antibody recognizing N-terminal epitope of hepatitis C virus nonstructural 5B inhibits viral RNA replication

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Kang, S M ^a   Choi, S H ^a   Park, C Y ^a   Kim, M H ^a   Kim, T K ^a   Park, J M ^a   Koh, M S ^a   Kang, H J ^b   Hwang, S B ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Monoclonal antibody; NS5B; RNA dependent RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5B; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES, B-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 40149103127     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00945.x     Document Type: Article

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