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Characterization of a Major Neutralizing Epitope on Human Papillomavirus Type 16 L1
1 Jun 1999
Abstract excerpt
Persistent infection with human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) is strongly associated with the development of cervical cancer. Neutralizing epitopes present on the major coat protein, L1, have not been well characterized, although three neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) had been identified by using HPV-16 pseudovirions (R. B. Roden et al., J. Virol. 71:6247-6252, 1997). Here, two of these MAbs (H16.V5...
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