Experimental and molecular predictions of the adjuvanticity of snail mucin on hepatitis B vaccine in albino mice

Parker Elijah Joshua; Cynthia Ogochukwu Nwauzor; Damian Chukwu Odimegwu; Uzochukwu Gospel Ukachukwu; Rita Onyekachukwu Asomadu; Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246915

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Experimental and molecular predictions of the adjuvanticity of snail mucin on hepatitis B vaccine in albino mice

Parker Elijah Joshua ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Parker Elijah Joshua, Cynthia Ogochukwu Nwauzor, Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Cynthia Ogochukwu Nwauzor ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Parker Elijah Joshua, Cynthia Ogochukwu Nwauzor, Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Damian Chukwu Odimegwu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology & Biotechnology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Uzochukwu Gospel Ukachukwu ,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Rita Onyekachukwu Asomadu ,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba

Contributed equally to this work with: Parker Elijah Joshua, Cynthia Ogochukwu Nwauzor, Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: timothy.ezeorba@unn.edu.ng

Affiliation Faculty of Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7077-3282

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Experimental and molecular predictions of the adjuvanticity of snail mucin on hepatitis B vaccine in albino mice

Parker Elijah Joshua,
Cynthia Ogochukwu Nwauzor,
Damian Chukwu Odimegwu,
Uzochukwu Gospel Ukachukwu,
Rita Onyekachukwu Asomadu,
Timothy Prince Chidike Ezeorba

Published: July 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246915

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