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7. Large scale transfections were carried out to produce sufficient sE2 for<br />

<strong>in</strong>vestigation <strong>of</strong> glycoprote<strong>in</strong>-<strong>receptor</strong> <strong>in</strong>teractions. <strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>of</strong><br />

lipoprote<strong>in</strong>s was elim<strong>in</strong>ated by cultur<strong>in</strong>g the transfected 293T cells <strong>in</strong><br />

media conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g de-lipidated FBS, supplied by Dr Søren Nielsen <strong>of</strong><br />

Newcastle University.<br />

8. 50ml <strong>of</strong> harvested supernatant conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g JFH-1 wt and G451R sE2<br />

was concentrated to 2.5ml us<strong>in</strong>g Vivasp<strong>in</strong> 20 columns with a 10kDa<br />

molecular weight cut <strong>of</strong>f (Sartorius). <strong>The</strong> relative concentration <strong>of</strong> each<br />

preparation was assessed by GNA capture ELISA us<strong>in</strong>g the anti-tag<br />

mAb 10/76B, Figure 2-8 details the calculation <strong>of</strong> either glycoprote<strong>in</strong>’s<br />

concentration, expressed as relative OD units.<br />

9. We assessed sE2-<strong>receptor</strong> <strong>in</strong>teractions us<strong>in</strong>g the cell based E2 b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g<br />

assay and CD81 capture ELISA (both documented earlier), <strong>in</strong> each<br />

case prote<strong>in</strong> concentrations were matched by appropriate dilution.

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