A MUTANT HUMAN HEPATITIS B VIRAL STRAIN AND USES THEREOF

摘要

An isolated strain of Hepatitis B virus designated Human Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen-"S'-133 Oon Strain (Methionine to Threonine) of Cell. Also, an isolated nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide which is a mutant major surface antigen of a strain of hepatitis B virus, such polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which differs from the amino acid sequence of a major surface antigen of a wild type hepatitis B virus in that the amino acid at position number 133 of such polypeptide is a threonine rather than methionine.