Analysis of epitopes in the capsid protein of avian hepatitis E virus by using monoclonal antibodies

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 374-380

  Dong, Shiwei ^a   Zhao, Qin ^a   Lu, Mingzhe ^b   Sun, Peiming ^a   Qiu, Hongkai ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Lv, Junhua ^a   Zhou, En Min ^c  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Avian HEV; Capsid protein; Epitope mapping; MAbs

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1B5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 1H5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3A1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3E8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 6G8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 7H12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHICKENS; CHINA; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; HEPEVIRUS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA VIRUS INFECTIONS;

AVES; AVIAN HEPATITIS E VIRUS; MIRIDAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 78651235711     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2010.11.025     Document Type: Article

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