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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Paul F. Coleman, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Isa K. Mushahwar, Grayslake, IL (US);
Inventors:
Paul F. Coleman, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Isa K. Mushahwar, Grayslake, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/51 (2006.01); A61K 39/29 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The subject invention relates to a novel hepatitis B surface antigen mutant and methods of detecting this mutant, and/or antibodies thereto, in patient samples. In particular, the mutant contains a substitution of amino acid threonine for the amino acid alanine at position 123 in the amino acid sequence of the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) protein.