Kato N, Hijikata M, Ootsuyama Y, Nakagawa M, Ohkoshi S, Shimotohno K
Virology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo.
Jpn J Cancer Res. 1990 Nov;81(11):1092-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1990.tb02518.x.
A structural region of the hepatitis C virus genome was molecularly cloned. A protein expressed in vitro by transcription followed by translation was precipitated immunologically by sera from patients with chronic hepatitis or hepatocellular carcinoma that were positive for antibody against the non-structural protein, C100, of hepatitis C virus, but not by sera from healthy persons. Thus, this structural protein should be useful for detection of infection with this virus.
丙型肝炎病毒基因组的一个结构区域被进行了分子克隆。通过转录后翻译在体外表达的一种蛋白质,能被慢性肝炎或肝细胞癌患者血清免疫沉淀,这些患者的血清中抗丙型肝炎病毒非结构蛋白C100抗体呈阳性,但健康人血清不能使其沉淀。因此,这种结构蛋白应有助于检测该病毒感染。