Molecular Basis for the High Degree of Antigenic Cross-Reactivity between Hepatitis B Virus Capsids (HBcAg) and Dimeric Capsid-Related Protein (HBeAg): Insights into the Enigmatic Nature of the e-Antigen

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 398, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 530-541

  Watts, Norman R ^a   Vethanayagam, Joe G ^a   Ferns, R Bridget ^b   Tedder, Richard S ^c   Harris, Audray ^a   Stahl, Stephen J ^a   Steven, Alasdair C ^a   Wingfield, Paul T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core antigen; E antigen; Hepatitis B virus; Monoclonal antibody; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

DIMER; EPITOPE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS REACTION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VIRUS CAPSID; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROSS REACTIONS; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77951885559     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.026     Document Type: Article

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