Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Antigen – epitope – or other immunospecific immunoeffector – Virus or component thereof
Patent
1997-02-21
1999-01-18
Eisenschenk, Frank C.
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector
Virus or component thereof
4241991, 4242041, 435 691, 435 693, 4353201, 435 5, 435 6, 435 794, 435325, 530350, 5303871, 536 2372, 536 231, A61K 39245, A61K 3912, C12N 1500, C12P 2106
Patent
active
060155655
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to polynucleotides encoding Glycoprotein B from the RFHV/KSHV subfamily of gamma herpes viruses, three members of which are characterized in detail. DNA extracts were obtained from Macaque nemestrina and Macaque mulatta monkeys affected with retroperitoneal fibromatosis (RF), and human AIDS patients affected with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). The extracts were amplified using consensus-degenerate oligonucleotide probes designed from known protein and DNA sequences of gamma herpes viruses. The nucleotide sequences of a 319 base pair fragment are about 76% identical between RFHV1 and KSHV, and about 60-63% identical with the closest related gamma herpes viruses outside the RFHV/KSHV subfamily. Protein sequences encoded within these fragments are are about 91% identical between RFHV1 and KSHV, and <.about.65% identical to that of other gamma herpes viruses. The full-length KSHV Glycoprotein B sequence comprises a transmembrane domain near the N-terminus, and a plurality of potentially antigenic sites in the extracellular domain. Materials and methods are provided to characterize Glycoprotein B encoding regions of members of the RFHV/KSHV subfamily, including but not limited to RFHV1, RFHV2, and KSHV Peptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies of this invention can be used for diagnosing infection, and for eliciting an immune response against Glycoprotein B.
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Bosch Marnix L.
Rose Timothy M.
Strand Kurt
Eisenschenk Frank C.
Salimi Ali R.
The University of Washington
Wetherell, Jr. John
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