Detection of Antibodies Against DNA Polymerase of Hepatitis B Virus in HBsAg-Positive Sera Using ELISA

摘要

ObjectivesDNA polymerase (pot) of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) includes 3 different domains such as terminal protein (TP), reverse transcriptase (RT) and RNase H. Humoral immune responses to each of these proteins have not been well documented previously, although antibody to pol was detected in serum of patients with chronic hepatitis B. We have constructed TP (amino acids 1–182), RT (amino acids 346–685) and RNase H (amino acids 690–832).