Patent ID: 6894152

Claim:
A purified nucleic acid of ORF-1 of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) comprising the sequence: 5030 5040 5050 5060 AT GGAACAAGCC CCAGAAGACC AAGGGCCACA 5070 5080 5090 5100 GAGGGAGCCA CACAATGAAT GGACACTAGA GCTTTTAGAG 5110 5120 5130 5140 GAGCTTAAGA ATGAAGCTGT TAGACATTTT CCTAGGATTT 5150 5160 5170 5180 GGCTCCATGG CTTAGGGCAA CATATCTATG AAACTTATGG 5190 5200 5210 5220 GGATACTTGG GCAGGAGTGG AAGCCATAAT AAGAATTCTG 5230 5240 5250 5260 CAACAACTGC TGTTTATCCA TTTCAGAATT GGGTGTCGAC 5270 5280 5290 5300 ATAGCAGAAT AGGCGTTACT CAACAGAGGA GAGCAAGAAA 5310 TGGAGCCAGT AGATCC, wherein the nucleic acid is in a eukaryotic expression vector that expresses a protein comprising the amino acid sequence: MEQAPEDQGPQREPHNEWTLELLEELKNEAVRHFPRIWLHGLGQHIYETYGDTWAGVEAIIRILQQLLFIHFRIGCRHSRIGVTQQRRARNGASRS.