Hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide, production method therefor, and antibody detection method
US5714314A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S930/223
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide having a molecular weight of approximately 22 kilodaltons expressed from a hepatitis C virus structural gene region; a production method for a hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide having a molecular weight of 22 kilodaltons and/or a peptide related thereto, wherein an expression vector having inserted thereinto a cDNA fragment of a hepatitis C virus structural gene region is inserted into a cultured cell line and the transfected cell line thus obtained is cultured; and a detection method for a hepatitis C virus antibody, wherein a hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide is used as an antigen, and an antibody specific thereto is detected.
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