Patent ID: 7767800

Claim:
A purified RNA or DNA of HIV-1 encoding an HIV-1 polypeptide or containing an HIV-1 regulatory element and comprising an RNA or DNA that hybridizes under stringent conditions to at least one of the following cDNA fragments of LAV MAL : A. a sequence having nucleotides 1 to 96, which is the long terminal repeat R region of LAV MAL ; B. a sequence having nucleotides 97 to 179, which is the 5′ long terminal repeat U5 region of LAV MAL ; C. a sequence having nucleotides 8676 to 9133, which is the 3′ long terminal repeat U3 region of LAV MAL ; D. a sequence having nucleotides 9134 to 9229, which is the 3′ long terminal repeat U3 region of LAV MAL ; E. a sequence having nucleotides 5405 to 5620, which is the tat coding region of LAV MAL ; F. a sequence having nucleotides 5134 to 5421, which is the vpr coding region of LAV MAL ; G. a sequence having nucleotides 8380 to 9006, which is the nef coding region of LAV MAL ; H. a sequence having nucleotides 350 to 1864, which is the gag coding region of LAV MAL ; I. a sequence having nucleotides 1663 to 4668, which is the pol coding region of LAV MAL ; J. a sequence having nucleotides 5799 to 8375, which is the env coding region of LAV MAL ; K. a sequence having nucleotides 764 to 1501, which is the gag p25 coding region of LAV MAL ; L. a sequence having nucleotides 1502 to 1864, which is the gag p13 coding region of LAV MAL ; M. a sequence having nucleotides 5799 to 5885, which corresponds to amino acids 1-33 of the env coding region of LAV MAL ; N. a sequence having nucleotides 5886 to 7337, which corresponds to amino acids 34 to 530 of the env coding region of LAV MAL ; O. a sequence having nucleotides 5895 to 6176, which corresponds to amino acids 37 to 130 of the env coding region of LAV MAL ; P. a sequence having nucleotides 6399 to 6635, which corresponds to amino acids 211 to 289 of the env coding region of LAV MAL ; Q. a sequence having nucleotides 7212 to 7337, which corresponds to amino acids 488 to 530 of the env coding region of LAV MAL ; R. a sequence having nucleotides 7215 to 7604, which corresponds to amino acids 490 to 620 of the env coding region of LAV MAL ; and S. a sequence having nucleotides 7782 to 7844, which corresponds to amino acids 680 to 700 of the env coding region of LAV MAL , wherein the stringent hybridization conditions comprise hybridization in 50% formamide, 5×SSC at 42° C., and washing in 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS at 65° C. two times for 30 minutes, and wherein the RNA or DNA is not ARV2, and wherein the purified RNA or DNA of HIV-1 is not an RNA or DNA of LAV BRU .