Characterization of virus-like particles in GARDASIL® by cryo transmission electron microscopy

Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 734-739

  Zhao, Qinjian ^a,b   Potter, Clinton S ^c,d   Carragher, Bridget ^c,d   Lander, Gabriel ^d   Sworen, Jaime ^b   Towne, Victoria ^b   Abraham, Dicky ^b   Duncan, Paul ^b   Washabaugh, Michael W ^b,e   Sitrin, Robert D ^b,f  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Nano Imaging Services   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MEDIMMUNE   (United States)

^f SitrinSolutions LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Aluminum; CryoTEM; Epitope; Gardasil; Structure; VLP

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; WART VIRUS VACCINE; NANOPARTICLE; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE VACCINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOTRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; NONHUMAN; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS LIKE AGENT; WART VIRUS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS RECOMBINANT VACCINE QUADRIVALENT, TYPES 6, 11, 16, 18; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PROTEIN BINDING; VACCINES, VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84898404162     PISSN: 21645515     EISSN: 2164554X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.27316     Document Type: Article

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