Darja Kanduc, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy Correspondence to: D. Kanduc, Department Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Bari 70126 – Italy. Telephone: 39 080 544 3321; Fax: 39 080 544 3321. Email: d.kanduc@biologia.uniba.it; dkanduc@gmail.com (Received: March 18, 2009; accepted: May 5, 2009) Background: The potential adverse events associated with […]
Cross-Neutralization Potential of Native Human Papillomavirus N-Terminal L2 Epitopes
Michael J. Conway, Linda Cruz, Samina Alam, Neil David Christensen, Craig Meyers Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) capsids are composed of 72 pentamers of the major capsid protein L1, and an unknown number of L2 minor capsid proteins. An N-terminal “external loop” of L2 contains cross-neutralizing epitopes, and native HPV16 virions extracted from 20-day-old organotypic tissues […]