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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Noboru Maki, Wako, JP;
Tatsuji Kimura, Wako, JP;
Shintaro Yagi, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Life Science Institute, Inc., Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a HBV precore protein having an ability of forming particles, and a means for determining it. A novel HBV precore protein that forms the virus (like) particles of HBV was identified. The present invention provides this novel HBV precore protein. Furthermore, there are provided core-like particles and virus-like particles formed by this HBV precore protein. These virus-like particles can be used for vaccines and therapeutic agents. The present invention also provides a method of determining the HBV precore protein and a method of determining the anti-HBV precore protein antibody.