Open AccessStructural Relationships Between Minor and Major Proteins of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
Author(s) -
W. Stibbe,
Wolfram H. Gerlich
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.617
H-Index - 292
eISSN - 1070-6321
pISSN - 0022-538X
DOI - 10.1128/jvi.46.2.626-628.1983
Subject(s) - biology , glycoprotein , antigen , peptide sequence , virology , amino acid , sequence (biology) , hepatitis b , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
The minor glycoproteins from hepatitis B surface antigen, GP33 and GP36, contain at their carboxy-terminal part the sequence of the major protein P24. They have 55 additional amino acids at the amino-terminal part which are coded by the pre-S region of the viral DNA.
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