An improved experimental model for studying vertical transmission of hepatitis B virus via human spermatozoa

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Ahmed, Mohamed Morsi M ^a   Huang, Tian Hua ^a   Xie, Qing Dong ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Embryo; Oocyte; Recombinant plasmid; Spermatozoa; Viral transmission

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; HAMSTER; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOON; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; OOCYSTS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPERMATOZOA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CRICETINAE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 44649154936     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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