An envelope domain III-based chimeric antigen produced in Pichia pastoris elicits neutralizing antibodies against all four dengue virus serotypes

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-363

  Etemad, Behzad ^a   Batra, Gaurav ^a   Raut, Rajendra ^a   Dahiya, Satinder ^a   Khanam, Saima ^a   Swaminathan, Sathyamangalam ^a   Khanna, Navin ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENGUE VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS ENVELOPE;

DENGUE VIRUS; MUS; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 51949088329     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.353     Document Type: Article

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