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Purification of hepatitis B surface antigen

US3994870A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 1974
Grant dateNov 30, 1976
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Expiry dateJan 31, 1994

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S530/826
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

After a polyethylene glycol purification procedure, virus particles, viral components and virus associated particles having concanavalin A binding sites are further purified by subjecting such particles or components to affinity chromatography utilizing insoluble concanavalin A as a chromatography adsorbent and an eluant capable of interacting with concanavalin A to thereby inhibit the binding of the virus particles or components to the insoluble concanavalin A. Specifically, the insoluble concanavalin A may be concanavalin A linked to agarose beads and the eluant may be methyl-.alpha.-D-mannopyranoside. Specifically, these procedures may be utilized to purify hepatitis B antigen (HB Ag) particles.

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