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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2021
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Michael Houghton, Danville, CA (US);
Darren Hockman, Edmonton, CA;
John L. Law, Edmonton, CA;
Chao Chen, Edmonton, CA;
Michael Logan, Edmonton, CA;
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides affinity tagged heterodimeric polypeptides comprising a hepatitis C virus (HCV) E1 polypeptide and an HCV E2 polypeptide, where one or both of the E1 and E2 polypeptides comprises an affinity tag. The present disclosure provides a method of producing an affinity tagged E1/E2 heterodimer of the present disclosure. The present disclosure provides methods of producing untagged HCV E1/E2 heterodimers. The present disclosure provides HCV E1/E2 heterodimers, compositions comprising same, and methods of inducing an immune response to HCV.