title: [Advances in molecular biology of rubella virus structural proteins].
abstract: Rubella virus (RV), one of pathogens in TORCH syndrome, can lead to anisotropy of the fetus, and therefore it is of great significance to screen RV infection among women at child-bearing age. At the present, the screening of RV infection is mainly based on the ELISA method, the specificity of RV antigens is very important for ELISA tests. The antigenicity of RV is closely associated with its structural proteins, including capsid protein C, and envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2, which are important surface antigens of RV. This paper reviews the advances in the studies on the structure features, immunogenicity and recombinant proteins of the three structural proteins.
authors.affiliation: PLA Research Institute of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, PLA, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Jin-Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yu-Feng
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012412:Rubella virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014758:Viral Core Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins; C074573:nucleocapsid protein (C), rubella virus