Patent ID: 6183751
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A01K,A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,C12Q

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid which corresponds to an open reading frame within Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus selected from the group of nucleic acids having the following sequences:a) in SEQ ID NO: 17:1) nucleotide number 11,363 to nucleotide number 14,401 (ORF9);2) nucleotide number 21,104 to nucleotide number 20,091 (ORF70)3) nucleotide number 22,529 to nucleotide number 22,185 (vMIP III);4) nucleotide number 27,424 to nucleotide number 27,137 (ORF K6);b) in SEQ ID NO: 18:1) nucleotide number 283 to nucleotide number 2,025 (ORF21);2) nucleotide number 20,876 to nucleotide number 22,210 (ORF36);c) in SEQ ID NO: 19:1) nucleotide number 2,534 to nucleotide number 4,429 (ORF50);2) nucleotide number 4,650 to nucleotide number 5,369 (ORF K8);d) in SEQ ID NO: 20:1) nucleotide number 12,801 to nucleotide number 12,619 (ORF K12); and2) nucleotide number 30,979 to nucleotide number 30,677 (ORF K15).