Structural and biological properties of Cucumber mosaic virus particles carrying hepatitis C virus-derived epitopes

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-121

  Nuzzaci, M ^a   Bochicchio, I ^a   De Stradis, A ^b   Vitti, A ^a   Natilla, A ^a   Piazzolla, P ^a   Tamburro, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chimeric CMV particles; Circular dichroism; Electron microscopy; HCV; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; EPITOPE; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CUCUMOVIRUS; EPITOPES; HEPACIVIRUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TOBACCO; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRION;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 57749209656     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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