Expression of Structural Protein E2 of Hepatitis C Virus

The E2 glycoprotein is one of the structural components of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) virion. It elicits production of neutralising antibodies against the virus, and is involved in viral morphogenesis. The protein is considered as a major candidate for anti-HCV vaccine. Despite this, little is known about this protein. Previous studies have focused on the and functional analysis of the glycosylated forms. This report describes expression of the E2 (recE2) in different forms and in different expression systems in Escherichia coli cells and in mammalian cells in order to obtain enough protein efficiently in vitro, in addition we also analysed the usage of rare codons in the genes of E2 and CORE. All results have shown that great efforts should be made to improve the expression efficiency of E2 in bacteria or mammalian cells.

计算机模拟优化的葡萄糖传感器阵列

介绍一种可植入的葡萄糖传感器阵列的设计和计算机模拟优化。葡萄糖传感器采用固定葡萄糖氧化酶层的氧电极和氧参比电极。考虑到葡萄糖传感器的使用寿命 ,本设计采用氧电极阵列。用计算机对氧电极阵列的氧电极排列的间距和相互影响进行了计算机模拟优化。考虑到葡萄糖传感器在体植入环境的氧浓度较低 ,而葡萄糖浓度较高 ,所以采用特殊的膜的结构 ,以提高葡萄糖传感器的测量范围 。