Assessing TMV as an immunogenic particle : the expression of HIV-1 subtype C V3 loop neutralizing antibody epitopes on the surface of TMV virions

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-120). === In an attempt to establish a plant-based Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) subtype C neutralizing antibody stimulating vaccine, a Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) derived vector was used to express recognized HIV neutralizing antibody epitopes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valley-Omar, Ziyaad
Other Authors: Rybicki, Ed
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4344