Viral Hepatitis
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2006; 12(16): 2530-2535
Published online Apr 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i16.2530
Antibody to E1 peptide of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 inhibits virus binding and entry to HepG2 cells in vitro
Mostafa K EL-Awady, Ashraf A Tabll, Khaled Atef, Samar S Yousef, Moataza H Omran, Yasmin El-Abd, Noha G Bader-Eldin, Ahmad M Salem, Samir F Zohny, Wael T El-Garf
Mostafa K EL-Awady, Ashraf A Tabll, Khaled Atef, Samar S Yousef, Moataza H Omran, Yasmin El-Abd, Noha G Bader-Eldin, Wael T El-Garf, Department of Biomedical Technology, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Ahmad M Salem, Samir F Zohny, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Ministry of Scientific Research, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Medical Research Council Code: P5-MED-030-01 and US-Egypt joint project BIO7-002-011
Correspondence to: Dr. Mostafa K El-Awady, Department of Biomedical Technology, National Research Center, Tahrir Street, PO 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. mkawady@yahoo.com
Telephone: +2-2-3362609 Fax: +2-2-3370931
Received: November 2, 2005
Revised: December 26, 2005
Accepted: January 14, 2006
Published online: April 28, 2006
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