Vaccine engineering improved by hybrid technology

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 324-331

  Linhart, Birgit ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; VACCINE;

ALLERGY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRASS POLLEN; HUMAN; HYBRID; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; VACCINATION;

ALLERGENS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; INFECTION; NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION;

EID: 4043133762     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079535     Document Type: Review

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