Retrovirus from the HIV group and its use

US5759770A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Behring Diagnostics GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Lutz G. Guertler · Munich, DE
• Josef Eberle · Freising, DE
• Albrecht v. Brunn · Augsburg, DE
• Stefan Knapp · Marburg, DE
• Hans-Peter Hauser · Marburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 6, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 2, 1998
• Expiry date: Jun 6, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2740/16222
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A novel immunodeficiency virus is disclosed which has the designation MVP-5180/91 (SEQ ID NO:56) and which has been deposited with the European Collection of Animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) under No. V 920 92 318. The characteristic antigens which can be obtained from it and which can be employed for detecting antibodies against retroviruses which are associated with immunodeficiency diseases are also disclosed, as are the DNA and amino acid sequences of the virus.