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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew James McMichael, Horton-cum-Studley, GB;
Douglas Fraser Nixon, Merton College, GB;
Alain Robert Townsend, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
United Biomedical, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-724 ; 530326 ; 530300 ; 4241881 ;
Abstract
A novel human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) epitope has been identified in the gag coding region. This epitope corresponds to amino acids 255-269 of Gag and has the following sequence: NH.sub.2 -asn-pro-pro-ile-pro-val-gly-glu-ile-tyr-lys-arg-trp-ile-ile-COOH. This peptide interacts specifically with human leukocyte antigen-B8 (HLA-B8). This peptide is useful for the identification HIV-1 gag-specific CTL.