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Expression of the X gene of hepatitis B virus
J C Pugh et al. J Med Virol. 1986 Nov.
Abstract
The hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome carries an open reading frame of 462 bases, the X region, but the corresponding protein has yet to be identified as a natural product. In rodent cells cotransformed with the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus and HBV DNA, however, Gough [1983] identified a mRNA that hybridises uniquely with the X region of the HBV genome. A large fragment of the X region was inserted into plasmid pCL19 delta Y-T in order to produce, in Escherichia coli, the X gene product, HBxAg, as a polypeptide fused to the N-terminal part of the phage lambda cro gene product. Antisera raised against this fused polypeptide gave positive immunofluorescence reactions with the transformed rodent cells. This provides direct evidence for the expression of the HBxAg gene in eukaryotic cells transformed with HBV DNA. The approach used here should be generally applicable.
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