Patent ID: 7119181

Claim:
A nucleic acid of ORF-R of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) comprising the sequence: 8250 8260 8270 8280 8290 GA CAGGGCTTGG AAAGGATTTT GCTATAAGAT GGGTGGCAAG 8300 8310 8320 8330 TGGTCAAAAA GTAGTGTGGT TGGATGGCCT ACTGTAAGGG 8340 8350 8360 8370 AAAGAATGAG ACGAGCTGAG CCAGCAGCAG ATGGGGTGGG 8380 8390 8400 8410 AGCAGCATCT CGAGACCTGG AAAAACATGG AGCAATCACA 8420 8430 8440 8450 AGTAGCAATA CAGCAGCTAC CAATGCTGCT TGTGCCTGGC 8460 8470 8480 8490 TAGAAGCACA AGAGGAGGAG GAGGTGGGTT TTCCAGTCAC 8500 8510 8520 8530 ACCTCAGGTA CCTTTAAGAC CAATGACTTA CAAGGCAGCT 8540 8550 8560 8570 GTAGATCTTA GCCACTTTTT AAAAGAAAAG GGGGGACTGG 8580 8590 8600 8610 AAGGGCTAAT TCACTCCCAA CGAAGACAAG ATATCCTTGA 8620 8630 8640 8650 TCTGTGGATC TACCACACAC AAGGCTACTT CCCTGATTGG 8660 8670 8680 8690 CAGAACTACA CACCAGGGCC AGGGGTCAGA TATCCACTGA 8700 8710 8720 8730 CCTTTGGATG GTGCTACAAG CTAGTACCAG TTGAGCCAGA 8740 8750 8760 8770 TAAGGTAGAA GAGGCCAATA AAGGAGAGAA CACCAGCTTG 8780 8790 8800 8810 TTACACCCTG TGAGCCTGCA TGGAATGGAT AGAGTGGAGG 8820 8830 8840 8850 TTTGACAGCC GCCTAGCATT TCATCACGTG GCCCGAGAGC 8860 8870 8890 8900 TCATCACGTG GCCCGAGAGC TGCATCCGGA GTACTTCAAG AACTGC, wherein the nucleic acid is in a eukaryotic expression vector that expresses a protein comprising the amino acid sequence: MGGKWSKSSVVGWPTVRERMRRAEPAADGVGAASRDLEKHGAITSSNTAAT NAACAWLEAQEEEEVGFPVTPQVPLRPMTYKAAVDLSHFLKEKGGLEGLIHSQRRQDI LDLWIYHTQGYFPDWQNYTPGPGVRYPLTFGWCYKLVPVEPDKVEEANKGENTSLLH PVSLHGMDDPEREVLEWRFDSRLAFHHVARELHPEYFKNC.