Retrovirus from the HIV group and its use

US5840480A · 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: Nov 24, 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 immuno-deficiency diseases are also disclosed, as are the DNA and amino acid sequences of the virus.