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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
May. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelm Bannwarth, Rheinfelden-Beuggen, DE;
Patrick Caspers, Oberwil, CH;
Stuart Le Grice, Basel, CH;
Jan Mous, Giebenach, CH;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Branchburg, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12Q / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 693 ; 435-5 ; 435-71 ; 435 691 ; 530395 ; 530350 ; 530416 ;
Abstract
Polypeptides which include at least one antigenic and/or immunogenic determinant of the envelope protein (env) of the HIV-2 virus and their production by recombinant DNA technology and the DNA sequences, expression vectors and transformed single-cell organisms used in this process are provided. A method for the detection of HIV antibodies or HIV viruses in human sera or in other biological fluids is also provided.