The detection of HBsAg mutants expressed in vitro using two different quantitative HBsAg assays

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-281

  Verheyen, Jens ^a   Neumann Fraune, Maria ^a   Berg, Thomas ^b   Kaiser, Rolf ^a   Obermeier, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Medizinisches Labor Dr Berg   (Germany)

Author keywords

HBsAg; Mutants; Quantitative assays

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; WILD TYPE;

CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84861681078     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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