Recombinant HCV type 2a Core Antigen (a.a. 2-191) [GST]

Product Overview

N-terminal GST fusion protein of HCV core protein (Genotype-2a) (a.a. 1-191) (Genebank Accession No. BAM14498).

Target

HCV core

Nature

Recombinant

Tag/Conjugate

GST

Molecular Weight

~50 KDa

Alternative Names

HCV; HCV Core Nucleocapsid; HCV Nucleocapsid

Purity

>95% , based on SDS PAGE

Format

Lyophilised

Buffer

PBS with 8M Urea

Preservative

None

Storage

Before reconstitution, stable for 1 year at -20˚C from the date of shipment. After reconstitution, stable for a month at 4˚C. Nonhazardous. No MSDS required.

Reconstitution

Reconstitute the protein with 100 μl of Millipore water.

Introduction

Hepatitis C Virus is a positive, single stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family. The genome is approximately 10, 000 nucleotides and encodes a single polyprotein of about 3, 000 amino acids. The polyprotein is processed by host cell and viral proteases into three major structural proteins and several non structural proteins necessary for viral replication. Several different genotypes of HCV with slightly different genomic sequences have since been identified that correlate with differences in response to treatment with interferon alpha.

Keywords

HCV; HCV Core Nucleocapsid; HCV Nucleocapsid