## Abstract Hepatitis B core antibodies (antiβHBc) appear very early during the course of the hepatitis B virus infection and often persist years after viral clearance. In order to characterize the immunodominant domain of the HBcAg, the human immune response against the HBV nucleocapsid (HBcAg) wa
Secretion and Antigenicity of Hepatitis B Virus Small Envelope Proteins Lacking Cysteines in the Major Antigenic Region
β Scribed by Constance M.T. Mangold; Felix Unckell; Margaret Werr; Rolf E. Streeck
- Book ID
- 112270620
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 696 KB
- Volume
- 211
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0042-6822
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