Antigenic hepatitis A virus structures may be produced in Escherichia coli.

Appl Environ Microbiol

Enteric Virus Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.

Published: March 2003

The synthesis of 14S pentamers and 70S empty capsids of hepatitis A virus (HAV) has been accomplished by expressing the viral genome for periods of time longer than 4 h in Escherichia coli. HAV pentamers (14S) self-assembled into capsids (70S) in vitro. The antibodies induced by these structures recognized and neutralized HAV.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.69.3.1840-1843.2003DOI Listing

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