title: Expression of the Recombinant Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen Carrying PreS Epitopes in Pichia pastoris.
abstract: Many studies have suggested that hepatitis B surface antigen(HBsAg) including PreS sequences could be an ideal candidate for highly effective hepatitis B virus vaccine. Modified surface antigens S1S, SS1 and S2S which carried PreS epitopes, were expressed in Pichia pastoris. The characterization of antigenicity and particle assembly demonstrated that the expression products could be assembled into particles which presented S, PreS1 or PreS2 antigenicity, respectively. The expression was more efficient than that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. wangyuan@server.shcnc.ac.cn
authors.forename: Jian-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jing-Yi
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Guang-Di
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Han-Ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Yu-Yang
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Li