Influence of codon usage on the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine against tetanus.

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Published in Vaccine on November 22, 2000

Authors

R Stratford1, G Douce, L Zhang-Barber, N Fairweather, J Eskola, G Dougan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, SW7 2AZ, London, UK.

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