Abstract: Antibodies and compositions of matter useful for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B Virus infection in mammals, and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.

Abstract: Antibodies and compositions of matter useful for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B Virus infection in mammals, and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same.

Abstract: Described herein is the identification, though phage display, of a chimeric rabbit/human anti-Rev Fab (SJS-R1) that readily solubilized polymeric HIV-1 Rev. The Fab binds with very high affinity to a conformational epitope in the N-terminal half of HIV-1 Rev. The corresponding single chain antibody (scFv) was also prepared and characterized. Methods of making and using SJS-R1 Fab and SJS-R1 scFv, and antibodies and antibody fragments that share at least one CDR with SJS-R1 Fab, are provided. Specific described methods include methods of preventing or reversing polymerization of HIV Rev, methods of preventing or inhibiting replication of a lentivirus in a cell, methods of reducing infectivity of replication of a lentivirus, inhibiting Rev function in a cell infected with a lentivirus, and methods of treating a disease or symptom associated with Rev expression in an animal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a phage display system in which the molecules to be displayed (i.e., molecules of interest) are bound to dispensable capsid polypeptides such as SOC (small outer capsid) and HOC (highly antigenic outer capsid) polypeptides that are, in turn, bound to a surface lattice protein, such as those on the surface of a virion or polyhead. Also disclosed are methods of displaying a molecule of interest, methods of immunizing a patient by administering a displayed antigen, and methods of treating a patient who has a disorder associated with aberrent expression or activity of a biological molecule. In the latter instance, the method includes administering a displayed polypeptide, such as an immunoglobulin molecule or an enzyme, that is capable of specifically interacting with the aberrent biological molecule.