FIG. 4.
Specificity of HCV-E2 interactions with human CD81. Soluble human or mouse CD81 (10 μg/ml) applied to nitrocellulose was incubated with HCV-E2 (10 μg/ml). E2 applied to nitrocellulose served as the positive control, and an irrelevant control peptide served as the negative control. Interactions of E2 with each protein were detected with anti HCV-E2 MAb, anti-mouse IgG-AP, and 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate–nitroblue tetrazolium substrate.