HCV PEPTIDE-ANTIGENS AND A METHOD OF TESTING FOR THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV)

摘要

New HCV (hepatitis C virus) peptide antigens have sequences 1-8 and 10-13, or fragments of them at least 4 amino acids long. Ser-Gly-Lys-Pro-Ala-Ile-Ile-Pro -Psp-Arg-Glu-Val-Leu-Tyr-Arg- Glu-Phe-Asp (I). Glu-Cys-Ser-Gln-His-Leu-Pro-Tyr- Ile-Glu-Gln-Gly-Met-Met-Leu- Ala-Glu-Gln-Phe-Lys-Gln-Lys-Aln- Leu-Gly-Leu-Leu-Gln-Thr-Ala- Ser-Arg-Gln(2). Ala-Val-Gln-Thr-Asn-Trp-Gln-Lys- Leu-Glu-Thr-Phe-Trp-Ala-Lys- His-Met-Trp-Asn (3). Asn-Pro-Lys-Pro-Gln-Lys-Lys-Asn- Lys-Arg-Asn-Thr-Asn-Arg-Arg (4). Asn-Pro-Lys-Pro-Gln-Arg-Lys-Thr- Lys-Arg-Asn-Thr-Asn-Arg-Arg (5). Pro-Gln-Asp-Val-Lys-Phe-Pro- (Gly)3 Gln-Ile-Val-Gly-Gly-Val (6). Pro-Arg-Gly-Ser-Arg-Pro-Ser-Trp- Gly-Pro-Thr-Asp-Pro-Arg-Arg (7). Gln-Leu-Phe-Thr-Phe-Ser-Pro-Arg- Arg-His-Trp-Thr-Thr-Gln-Gly- Cys-Asn-Cys-Ser-Ile-Tyr-Pro-Gly- His-Ile-Thr-Gly-His-Arg-Met- Ala-Trp-Asp-(Met)3 Asn-Trp-Ser- Pro-Thr-Thr-Ala-Leu-Val-Met-Ala (8). Gln-Lys-Lys-Ala-Ala-Arg-Asn-Thr- Asn-Arg- (10). His-Trp-Thr-Thr-Gln-Gly-Ser-Asn- Ser-Ser-Ile-Tyr-Pro-Gly-His (11). Ser-Ser-Ile-Tyr-Pro-Gly-His-Ile- Thr-Gly-His-Arg-Met-Ala-Trp- Asp-Met-met (12). Pro-Glu-Gly-Arg-Thr-Trp-Ala-Gln- Pro-Gly-Tyr-Pro-Trp-Pro-Leu- Tyr (13). Also new are combinations of these antigens.