Peptides derived from a retrovirus of the HIV group, and their use

• Main Authors: DR STEFAN BRUST, DR MANFRED GERKEN, PROFLUTZ G. GURTLER, DR STEFAN KNAPP
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.09.1995
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PHYSICS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

An immunologically active peptide comprising approximately 15 to 50 (pref. 20-30) consecutive amino acids (AA), selected from the sequence (I) is new:VWGIRQLRAR LQALETLIQN QQRLNLWGX KGKLIXYTSV KWNTSWSGR (I). In (I), X = C or S. Also claimed are: (a) the peptide produced either recombinantly or synthetically; (b) an isolated DNA fragment coding for a peptide as above; and (c) a test kit for the detection of viral antibodies causing immune deficiencies, pref. a Western Blot or an ELISA.