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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 148317, 7 pages
A Recombinant Multiepitope Protein for Hepatitis B Diagnosis
1Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
2Laboratório de Biotecnologia de Microrganismos, Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, 35501-296 Divinópolis, MG, Brazil
3Laboratório de Imunopatologia, Departamento de Patologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
4Laboratório de Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
5Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, 70910-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil
Received 7 May 2013; Revised 30 August 2013; Accepted 9 September 2013
Academic Editor: Esteban Martinez
Copyright © 2013 Marilen Queiroz de Souza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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