Cloning and expression of Epstein-Barr viral antigens in Escherichia coli : purification of recombinant EBV antigens for diagnostic application

One of the factors associated with the etiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Ever since IgA antibodies towards the viral capsid antigen (VCA) and early antigen (EA) showed a high correlation with this disease, indirect immunofluorescence assays (IFAs) to detect...

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Main Author: Fones-Tan, Angela.
Other Authors: Gan, Yik Yuen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/20295