Description
HCV is a small single-stranded 50nm, enveloped, positive sense RNAvirus that is in the Flaviviridae family. It has a high replication rate with about one trillion particles produced each day in an infected individual. Due to a high mutation rate, HCV may help elude the host's immune response. The Hepatitus C virus is classified into six genotypes.
The E Coli derived recombinant protein contains the HCV core nucleocapsid immunodominant regions, amino acids 2-119. The protein is fused to a GST tag at N-Terminus