Specificity of an anti-capsid antibody associated with Hepatitis B Virus-related acute liver failure

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-60

  Wu, Weimin ^a   Chen, Zhaochun ^b   Cheng, Naiqian ^a   Watts, Norman R ^a   Stahl, Stephen J ^a   Farci, Patrizia ^b   Purcell, Robert H ^b   Wingfield, Paul T ^a   Steven, Alasdair C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformational epitope; Cryo electron microscopy; Fulminant hepatitis; Monoclonal antibody; Three dimensional image reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRUS CAPSID;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 84870887665     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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