Non-a, non-b hepatitis-associated monoclonal antibody and diagnostic reagent

Abstract From the Canadian patent

There is disclosed a non-A non-B hepatitis-associated, monoclonal antibody exhibiting a specific antigen-antibody reaction with a non-A, non-B hepatitis-associated antigen obtained by isolation and purification from non-A non-B hepatitis autopsy liver and having the following physicochemical properties:, molecular weight: 1,500,000 or more (gel filtration) sedimentation constant (10-13): 51.5S (ultracentrifugal analysis), buoyant density (g/cm3): 1.15~1.25 (in cesium chloride and in potassium bromide), particle diameter (nm): 26~37 electrophoretic mobility: a2 - a1 globulin region (in agarose gel).