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Hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide, production method therefor, and antibody detection method

US5734019A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 11, 1992
Grant dateMar 31, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2012

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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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