Insertion of vaccinia virus C7L host range gene into NYVAC-B genome potentiates immune responses against HIV-1 antigens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nájera, José Luis ^a   Gómez, Carmen Elena ^a   García Arriaza, Juan ^a   Sorzano, Carlos Oscar ^a   Esteban, Mariano ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAG PROTEIN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE INSERTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POXVIRUS; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS STRAIN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AIDS VACCINES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, VIRAL; HIV ANTIGENS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MURINAE; MUS; POXVIRIDAE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 77956194962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011406     Document Type: Article

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