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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Using the solid-phase enzyme immunoassay with monoclonal antibodies, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was subtyped in sera from 5082 asymptomatic carriers who donated blood units at regional blood centers in Japan. Among them, 5004 sera contained HBsAg of a regular subtype, i.e., adw, adr, ayw or ayr, while 74 contained HBsAg with excessive subtypic determinants, such as adyw, adyr, adwr, aywr, or adywr. The presence of subtypic determinants on the selfsame particle was ascertained by sandwiching HBsAg between two monoclonal antibodies of distinct subtypic specificities. The remaining 4 sera contained HBsAg that possessed only one subtypic determinant, such as ad, ar or aw. HBsAg particles of atypical subtypes would have been given rise to by a point mutation in the S gene involving the codons regulating subtypic specificities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0882-8245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatitis B surface antigen with an excess or deficiency in subtypic determinants in sera from asymptomatic carriers in Japan.
pubmed:affiliation
Japanese Red Cross Blood Center, Saitama-Ken.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article