A hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide having a molecular weight of approximately 22 kilodaltons expressed from a hepatitis C virus structural gene region; a production method for a hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide having a molecular weight of 22 kilodaltons and/or a peptide re
A hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide having a molecular weight of approximately 22 kilodaltons expressed from a hepatitis C virus structural gene region; a production method for a hepatitis C virus antigen polypeptide having a molecular weight of 22 kilodaltons and/or a peptide re
The antigenic peptide represented by the following amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) ##STR1## and a method of the detection of anti-HCV antibodies wherein the above peptide is brought into contact with a sample under the conditions that the peptide is bound to anti-HCV antibodie