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Tick-borne encephalitis virus NS3 gene expression does not protect mice from homologous viral challenge
O V Morozova1, T G Maksimova, V N Bakhvalova
1Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Novosibirsk, Russia. MOV@niboch.nsc.ru
Viral Immunology
|January 12, 2000
Abstract:
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) NS3 gene has been subcloned into the expression vector pcDNAI and expressed in eukaryotic cells. Immunization of mice with the recombinant plasmid pcDNAI-NS3 induced antibodies against NS3 protein but did not protect from viral challenge.