GEREINIGTE HEPATITIS-C-VIRUS HÜLLPROTEINE ZUR DIAGNOSTISCHEN UND THERAPEUTISCHEN VERWENDUNG

摘要

The present invention relates to a recombinant vectors encoding an HCV envelope E1 and/or E2 and/or E1/E2 protein encoding sequence. The invention also relates to recombinant nucleic acids comprising said HCV protein encoding sequences. The invention further relates to host cells transformed with said recombinant vectors, as well as recombinant HCV proteins expressed by said host cells and use thereof in diagnostic methods or kits or therapeutic or prophylactic methods of treatment of HCV or HCV vaccine compositions.