Expression of alternate reading frame protein (F1) of hepatitis C virus in Escherichia coli and detection of antibodies for F1 in Indian patients

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-377

  Shesheer Kumar, Munpally ^a   Venkateswara Rao, Khareedu ^a   Mohammed Habeebullah, Chittor ^b   Dashavantha Reddy, Vudem ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Owisi College of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Antibody; ARFP; F1; Frame shift; HCV; Indian isolate

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN F1; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIRUS ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; READING FRAMES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 42649120664     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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