title: Cloning, bacterial synthesis, and characterization of immunoglobulin variable regions of a monoclonal antibody specific for the hepatitis B virus X protein.
abstract: The nucleotide (nt) sequences encoding the variable regions of the heavy (H) and light (L) chains were determined for a murine monoclonal antibody, 12/231/93, which is specific for a linear epitope located between amino acids 90 and 102 of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx). The variable (V) regions of the H and L chains were shown to belong to the mouse H chain subgroup II (C) and kappa L chain group III, respectively. The cloned variable region sequences were used for the production of a Fab fragment in Escherichia coli, which had binding activity for membrane immobilized recombinant HBx. These gene sequences may be useful for the study of HBx function in cells that will support HBV replication.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Hepatology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown 02129, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: zu Putlitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skerra
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zentgraf
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Wands
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006825:Hybridomas; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D054334:Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins; C057628:hepatitis B virus X protein