Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , January 2007

A phage-displayed single chain variable fragment that interacts with hepatitis B core antigen: Library construction, selection and diagnosis

  • Geok Hun Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Khatijah Yusoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Heng Fong Seow

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • ,
  • Wen Siang Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Tel.: +60 3 89466715; fax: +60 3 89430913.

Received 13 April 2006 ,Revised 11 August 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2006.09.010

Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , January 2007

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